Very well said, Raul. I ignored all the chatter about Braille Touch, and had no intention of buying it.
But... My interest was piqued enough to try the free trial version. I love this app and am glad to have made the purchase. It really comes down to what is the worth to you, as the user. Crystal From: Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access! The one thing to keep in mind once the price is announced is how much is this app worth to some of us. Remember that specific installs for the braille note and braille cents products cost more than $600. Also remember that many commercial GPS apps for the iPhone itself can cost anywhere from $25-$55. I have no idea what the price for this app will be, however I do know that once that price is announced if people don't like it there will definitely be a lot of vocalization from peoples opinions. I only say this because any time and accessibility app is announced in that price is more than five dollars, people seem to make a big deal over it. I can look through the archives and discussions of the access notetaker app, blindsquare, Fleksy, Sendero's Look Around app, and the various daisy readers Have mostly initially been met with criticism over the price. Some people will purchase the app despite the cost because they want to support the developer. Others will purchase the app because it is worth it to them. And still others might wait for the app to go on sale before they make a purchase. My purchasing history shows that depending on the app in question I could fall into any of those categories. Fleksy and blindsquare were apps which I purchased only after they went on sale. Yet voice dream reader and looktel recognizer were apps I purchased at full price. And finally, apps light digit-eyes and read2go our ones which I have not purchased and don't intend to. So my only point in writing this message is to remind everyone, including myself, that no matter what the price of a new app is, we will have to decide for ourselves if it is really worth it to us considering our personal needs and the features contained in the app. Cheers! On Feb 26, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi List, This does indeed sound very promising and I especially think one of the best news about this is that they use both Navteq and OSM maps as well as POI’s from Navteq, Foursquare and OSM. This should really provide very good and up-to-date map and POI information. Maybe we can all have a few less apps on the phone since this one will most likely make some others redundant. I also would imagine that since Seeing-Eye is involved in funding the project that the price for the app maybe more reasonable than we all may think. Best regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:02 PM To: ViPone list Subject: Fwd: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access! I wasn't sure if this had been seen on this list: From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kim Casey Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 4:07 PM To: 'Kim Casey' Subject: Announcing the Seeing Eye GPS app free preview, new 2013 Sendero products, and remote CSUN access! Sendero Group has been designing accessible GPS since 1994. Almost 20 years of user feedback and feature requests are behind the design of all Sendero GPS products. The accessible features in Seeing Eye GPS are only the beginning of what is yet to come as users help in evolving this first fully accessible GPS product for the iPhone. To participate in the preview, visit us at CSUN Booth 521 or reply to this email and we will send you a link for a Test Flight as soon as it is available. About Seeing Eye GPS Getting around independently is a function of good mobility tools like a guide dog or cane and good orientation tools like accessible GPS. Two pioneers in their fields, The Seeing Eye and Sendero Group have teamed up to provide a fully accessible turn-by-turn GPS iPhone app with all the normal navigation features plus features unique to blind users. * Instead of multiple layers of menus, the 3 important navigation elements are on the lower portion of every screen, Route, POIs and Location. * At intersections, the street name and your direction of travel are announced. * Intersections are described like 4-way with the clock face orientation of the streets. * There are 3 choices for POI data and 2 map sources. * Directions are configured appropriately for Pedestrian and vehicle routes including heads up when approaching a turn, the turn now indication, continue straight and where the subsequent turn is located. * When the user wanders off the route, it is automatically recalculated and updated turn information is announced. * Point your phone in a given direction to hear what is nearby with the LookAround Wand. * Nearby Points of interest and intersections are automatically announced. For more information go to http://www.senderogroup.com/products/shopseeingeyegps.htm New 2013 Sendero products Announcing Sendero PC GPS 2013, adds GPS functionality to Sendero PC Maps and works on Windows laptops, Tablets, and ultrabooks. New 2013 maps and POIs for Sendero GPS, Sense Navigation, and Mobile Geo plus much faster POI searches Not going to CSUN – No problem! Thanks to the folks at Accessible World Tek Talk, you can join in the fun and listen into the following presentations. February 28, Thursday, 9:30 - 10:30 PM, Testing a Prototype iPhone People Finder App March 1, Friday, 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Showing the Seeing Eye GPS iPhone App Just go to: http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 at the scheduled session time. If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. Visit http://accessibleworld.org/audio-tc-faq-page for information on how to get your computer set up for the session. For more information on all of these items, go to http://www.SenderoGroup.com or call Sendero toll free at 1-888-757-6810 Don't forget to sign up for our SenderoGPS Twitter account to hear play-by-play comments as the new iPhone app is rolled out! -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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