I cannot address BlindSquare, but I can tell you that MotionX is switchable between driving and walking directions. You can set a default.
I have at times seem some slightly tricky behavior with the screen, but once set, it's accuracy in my area exceeds Sendero running on my Windows based phone as well as the old Wayfinder Access software that ran on Nokia phones. -Len On 11/28/2012 12:02 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Les: > Does BlindSquare give clear walking directions? Does Motion X have walking > directions or is it just for vehicles? > Reggie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Les Kriegler > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: My feelings about a total GPS solution for the blind - Was Re: > Navigon on sale today only > > I use Motion X GPSDrive and for walking, I now use BlindSquare. I recently > discovered a really neat feature with Motion X. I created a route to my > cousin's last Thursday and then created a route to the train station to pick > up our son. I had the usual clear route option, but I noticed I could Add A > Stop to the original route. What that meant was that we went to the train > station via Motion X first and then proceeded to my cousin's house, all > within one route instead of two separate routes. A really cool feature! > Motion X is easy to use, totally accessible and incredibly accurate for > vehicular travel. > > Les > On Nov 27, 2012, at 5:20 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I use Navigon or TomTom when I require complete directions to a place. > Both apps can run in the background when a route is running, so you can also > load Ariadne or one of the apps which displays nearby POIs if you wish. >> >> I usually just use Ariadne because it has a feature which automatically > announces the updated address every 40 seconds or so. This is often all I > need now that I have trained myself to navigate via street address rather > than cross streets. One of my primary uses is on the bus. I have learned the > nearby addresses for the stop I require. When the announced address gets > close, I ring the bell and exit at my desired bus stop. In most cases, I no > longer need to ask the bus driver for my stop to be announced. >> >> I also use Ariadne when looking for an address in an area that is > familiar. With Ariadne, I just activate the app and activate the start > monitor button. I can even activate Ariadne for a quick check of my current > location and then close it again. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 28/11/2012, at 10:53, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Raul. >>> >>> Can you expand a bit on how you use the 2 GPS in combination? Do you use > both on one route, or sometimes one and sometimes another? I'd be curious > how you use both simultaneously, or even how you decide when to use one or > the other. >>> >>> Also, Waze is new to me; haven't heard that one before. Can you describe > it a bit? It sounds like it's a substitute for Navigon at times. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. Keith >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:24 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: My feelings about a total GPS solution for the blind - Was Re: > Navigon on sale today only >>> >>> Hello Grant, and anyone else interested, my apologies for not responding >>> sooner. The message slipped through the cracks and I just now found it >>> again. The short answer to your question is yes. Meaning that for me, >>> what I have works superbly and I don't feel like I'm lacking in what I > have. >>> >>> Now, the long answer. I think it highly depends on what the user is >>> expecting from an accessible GPS solution. I know the Sendero products >>> well, and in fact, helped to develop the initial Sendero GPS user >>> interface for the Braille Sense from HIMS when they started using >>> Sendero. For me personally, using a combination of Navigon and Ariadne, >>> or Waze and Ariadne, is enough. In the case of Ariadne, I get to know >>> what street I'm on, the addresses I'm walking or driving by, the zip >>> code, the direction I'm moving in, and the intersection when I get to >>> it. Of course with an app like Navigon I have my turn by turn direction >>> list. I can also of course use any other app of choice for this if I >>> want. Mapquest, MotionX Drive, ETC. Even when I was working with Sendero >>> to get the Braille Sense user interface and featureset working right, I >>> didn't use all the features available unless I was testing them to make >>> sure they work. For example, I don't need to always know if the >>> intersection I'm coming up to is a t intersection, or if it dead ends. I >>> don't need constant announcement of how close I am getting to the >>> upcoming intersection. I don't always need the street name announced as >>> I'm crossing it. All these are good features to have, but as I said at >>> the beginning of this post, it depends on what the user wants. I feel >>> that if the user wants the exact level of access and features found in >>> the sendero products, and if the user wants this all available from one >>> app so they don't have to switch, then they will be unsatisfied with >>> what the iPhone currently offers. However if the user doesn't need all >>> the extra features, and is ok with using at least 2 apps to get this >>> level, then the current solutions I think are very nice. In fact, they >>> are far more than what we used to have. >>> >>> Let's also consider the history. How long has Sendero been making GPS >>> products, compared to how long have the blind had access to the iPhone. >>> I personally feel that when Sendero comes out with their iPhone app, it >>> will be a very nice thing and should offer people who need those extra >>> features and maybe even more than what I've mentioned, to have a >>> solution which will work for them. plus they will have the bonus of it >>> all from one app, so there should be no switching. In the mean time, I >>> can do what I need to do with what I have and I don't feel it is lacking >>> for me. >>> >>> The other thing I want to mention, and I hate to, but I have to, is that >>> there are some people who depend on GPS technology too much. I'm not >>> knocking what's out there, because I think it's a great thing. However, >>> let's all remember that when using any sort of GPS, always depend on >>> your own orientation and mobility skills first. This is why I don't need >>> to know if the intersection goes through or dead ends. >>> >>> However this might open up a debate and a can of GPS worms, and so I'll >>> leave it at that. >>> >>> Hope this helped to answer your question. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. - Mae West >>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 >>> >>> On 11/23/2012 11:47 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: >>>> Hi Raul, I want to thank you for this objective comparison; it was >>>> very much appreciated. >>>> >>>> Would you say that between Navigon and Ariadne GPS, you could get >>>> functionality roughly equivalent to that offered on blindness-specific >>>> products such as the Breeze or Sendero GPS for the BrailleNote? I've >>>> always felt that the iPhone could rival any other GPS products if only >>>> I had the right app. But I wouldn't say that Ariadne on its own, in >>>> combination with either the old or the new Apple maps, really does it >>>> for me. >>>> >>>> Grant >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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