I think the background is that APH and Levelstar joined forces to release the Braille Plus several years ago based on the Linux platform. Apparently, they reached the end of what they could do with Linux and fell vastly short of what was promised for that machine.
They chose then to recreate the device on the Android platform with an 18 cell braille display so they could have a device that would be a note taker, a GPS system, an OCR system and a Phone (if anyone would really want phone functions on that sized device.) Android 2.3 was chosen because of contracted braille support. I've seen the machine, and am not impressed, but this is not the forum for that discussion. Personally, I am not going to continue talking about APH and Android apps or devices on this list. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Mannion Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN There is a population of blind Android usesers that swear by it and swear off Apple and accept inferior accessibility because their priority is google and the Android platform. I think there are still more blind Iphone users because better accessibility is a priority. So my point is that APH has a group to market to and it is easier and I think less expensive to put something on the Android market than on IOS. I suspect APH either prefers Android for some reasons of beliefs held by the people in charge of things or they saw it as a mor conservative approach to launch it on the Android platform or possibly there are technical limitations they can't get around with Apple. Someone mentioned using Google maps not being possible on IOS. I don't know if that is true, doesn't Navigon still have the ability to access google maps? I don't know, I haven't launched Navigon in for ever and I think I uninstalled it a while back. A search within Navigon use to be able to access google maps if you wanted to, but I don't know if that lasted beyond google maps being the maps app on the OS?? I didn't think it counted on that and I thought it just used data to access google regardless of what was on the device natively, but I would be interested in the answer to that. On 3/2/13, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> wrote: > What I'm really curious about is why APH would design an app for > android when most visually impaired people use IPhones? Also I thought > I read in the manual that the software has a choice of three sets of > maps. > > On 3/2/13, RobH! <[email protected]> wrote: >> An easy thing to code into the app though; and I remember dropDead apps >> were deemed illegal here years ago, but rules change, often for the >> worse. >> You're not even buying a product to keep any more! >> >> Rh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Grant Hardy" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:49 AM >> Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN >> >> >> I wonder whether they are thinking of 1-3 years of updates, or 1-3 >> years where you will be allowed to use the app? If the latter, I >> wonder how they'll possibly enforce this given that it is not the way >> purchases from the App Store normally work. I've never heard of expiry >> dates on App Store applications. >> >> Grant >> >> On 3/1/13, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 1: The maps are online. The app is using the Mapquest engine. >>> 2: No virtual mode when the app is released, but it may be added later >>> based >>> on user feedback. >>> 3: The cost is likely to be around 100 dollars. It is not decided if >>> that >>> will be for one year or three years. >>> 4: When asked for a release date, Mike May said their target was last >>> August. So he is not giving a release date. The impression I had is it >>> will >>> be released when it is ready and it is not clear when that might be. >>> >>> Others who listened in may have more to say. 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