This should be fun, I walk the local canals, occasionally an app will say so, but more often tell me the nearest it can, all be it hundreds of yards away. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ari Moisio" <ar...@iki.fi> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:20 PM Subject: Re: Blind square
Hi You can tunr on the shake to announce address feature to get immediate info about your current address. However you'll get an address even if you're not i on any named road. -- mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 Krister Ekstrom kirjoitti > Subject: Re: Blind square > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 12:22:01 +0100 > From: Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > The only objection i've got against blindsquare is that it takes too long > to report on what street i actually am compared to the Trekker Breeze. It > may be that the comparison is unfair, but i have the feeling that i could > go down a street for several blocks and then all of a sudden Blindsquare > will tell me where i am, and by that time, if i'm lost, i may already have > figured out that i'm lost and so have maybe turned around, with Trekker, i > feel the response is more instantaneous assuming the damn thing gets a > satelite fix, which could take a couple forevers. > /Krister > > 3 mar 2013 kl. 05:44 skrev Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com>: > >> But BlindSquare provides excellent monitoring (including crossed >> streets) in addition to POI discovery and allows you to save your own >> POIs and monitor them. It even has its own speech so can work in the >> background and while your device is locked. It's the best publically >> available app that I've encountered thus far in terms of feeling like >> you are holding a Breeze or a BrailleNote GPS system. The best part is >> that you can use it in tandem with Navigon or Apple Maps for turn by >> turn directions (and, in the latter case, map exploration) while still >> hearing Blindsquare's speech to announce your proximity to the POI >> along with crossed streets and other info. >> >> Grant >> >> On 3/2/13, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Well, Localscope uses Four-Square amongst other POI services. Click on >>> the >>> link in the message I just sent to read about it. BlindSquare gives a >>> more >>> blind-friendly interface, but I use Localscope all the time now. It >>> brings >>> up the most POI I have seen from any app. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 03/03/2013, at 14:59, Jennie Facer <pup...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I bought this app today. 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