Could you do this with BlindSquare? I was wondering the other day. Four instance, could I mark a favorite bench in a park or the water fountain or restroom facilities, etc.
Eric On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Michael Malver <[email protected]> wrote: Does it have the ability to record a route that I walk? Sometimes, I have sighted people show me the shortest way to get somewhere. This may not follow traditional maps. It is a feature I have wanted, but haven't seen in GPS apps for the blind who are using iPhones Jul 2, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Chuck Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, I took the Seeing Eye GPS app for a quick walk around my neighborhood > to see how well it performed. I walked about one mile, and took a different > route back. It worked well, although like most GPS apps it seemed to use a > lot of battery, over twenty percent in the one mile walk. > The interface of the app is simple and easy to understand. Entering an > address is made easy because the state and city you are in are already > entered, so only the address number and street need to be entered. If you are > going to another city, however, you will need to change that field. I started > by searching for a point of intrest and starting a route. The app uses voice > over for most of the announcements, but does have another voice that chimes > in occasionally. The directions were clear and given with ample lead time. As > I approached intersections it would announce the street name and the > intersection type, I. E. Fore way, and the street direction. Also, as I > walked the app announced points of intrest as I passed by. > On the way back, I tried the route to home option, which opened a drop down > menu with various options including one that is poorly labeled. My wife told > me it said multi modal, which voice over didn't understand, so I relabeled > this button multi mode. > Over all I think this is a great start, but there are a few things I'd like > to see in the future. I'd like to see the ability to walk a virtual route, as > I was able to do with my human ware Trekker.. > After taxes the one year subscription cost over seventy five dollars. It > sounds like a lot, but considering my old Trekker was fifteen hundred dollars > seven years ago, it doesn't seem too expensive. > If you figure it out, it comes to about twenty one cents a day for the one > year subscription. And only about thirteen cents a day with the three year > subscription, it seems reasonable to me. > > > > > > Chuck (mobile) > Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > > -- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
