I haven't noticed any sluggishness, but you need to remember that the app will continue to work, and speak, in the background, even when you switch away to other apps. You should turn off BlindSquare's speech to make sure this doesn't happen when you're done navigating, which you can do by double tapping the appropriate button in the app.
On 1/20/13, Gerardo Corripio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi listers > The other day, I read a comment on Twitter regarding how the new BlindSquare > update really really slows down the IPhone5 but how accurate is this for you > guys? > Thanks for info. > > Enviado desde mi iPhone > > El 20/01/2013, a las 01:23 a.m., Grant Hardy <[email protected]> > escribió: > >> I know this app has been discussed on list before, but just wanted to >> mention that in my experience, BlindSquare, which uses open street map >> data and FourSquare points of interest, offers me the best experience >> analogous to holding a Trekker Breeze or a Sendero GPS system while >> walking. The information can be a little verbose, but you can change >> what gets announced. Cross streets are consistently announced as well >> as your heading, which do not work reliably for me in other apps. >> Ariadne misses lots of cross streets, and Apple Maps with VoiceOver >> repeats many data numerous times while omitting lots of cross streets. >> Blindsquare can also track your distance and direction from any of the >> POIs it knows about, a custom address, or even a custom POI. So you >> have both commercial POIs and custom POIs in the same app, which is a >> nice bonus. >> >> No turn by turn directions are available, but it's easy to select an >> address or a POI and tell BlindSquare to open another navigation app >> such as Apple Maps or Navigon, with the destination already set up so >> you can easily plan a route. And since BlindSquare uses its own speech >> rather than VoiceOver, it'll continue talking even while your device >> is locked or while you're in another navigation app. >> >> Sorry if this is common knowledge, but just wanted to offer this brief >> review because I've been very very impressed with an app that I never >> thought I'd use--I don't use FourSquare! With BlindSquare, I feel >> confident that most of the data you'd expect to hear from a blindness >> specific GPS device will be there 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.
