Hello Sharonda, Here is what you do:
In the app, find where Voiceover says "My Places, search". You also want to make sure "My Places" is On which is one swipe past the "My Places, search". My Places is right after where you set your distance and the first of all the items you can turn on, e.g. Arts and Entertainment, College and Universities, Food etc. Double tap on "My Places, search" Now at the top left you have the "Back" button, in the middle it says "My Places, heading" and it will tell you how many places it found within your search radius once you have added your own points. At the top right is the "Add Place" button. Double tap it, you can now enter a name for your place/point of interest, you can also turn on to be alerted when you approach the place, by default this is Off. If you turn it on, there will be an "Alert Distance text field" and a numeric style keypad is below where you can enter a value in feet (or metres) if you have your app set to metric) and this is the distance you want to be alerted at. For example, you may set a bench at a bus stop as a place or point and you might only want to be alerted if you are within 20 feet of it. Next is the Safe button. If you swipe further to the right you find some information about your GPS accuracy and other stuff. Good luck, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharonda Greenlaw Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Using BlindSquare, was: Blind Square VS. My way classic? Sieghard, I hope I didn't miss this, but how dio you set your own waypoints in BlindSquare? I just bought this app on Saturday. Please advise. Sharonda On 7/9/13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Louise, > > > > I am currently using a case which covers the back of the iPhone and the > sides, but not top and bottom edges. The phone goes in with the side where > the volume controls are first so that they are lined up with the cut outs, > then you just push down on the other side and the phone snaps into the > case. > It is a very tight fit and just a bit hard to get it off, but the case adds > almost no bulk and I rarely take it off. > > > > The belt clip itself could be a bit stronger in terms of the spring, but > the > phone in its minimal case slides into the belt clip and it's a very snug > friction fit. The belt clip has a sort of ratchet swivel so you can turn it > easily, but once it is turned it will stay in that position. > > > > This case was given to me by a friend and I don't even know what it is > called because he bought it I think from www.monoprice.com for $5 or $6, > very cheap, but a very good case. I think websites like monoprice.com and > other similar sites sell often very inexpensive stuff and ship directly > from > Hong Kong or China. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Louise Redsull > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 10:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Using BlindSquare, was: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Sieghard, > > I agree with you about blindsquare. I'm finding this app to be fantastic > and > I like the way it announces tings. I've heard a rumour the developer is > looking at more detailed announcement of intersections. If this happens > it'll have pretty much everything I need in it. Ok it's not got it's own > turn by turn but it links with other apps which have this adn I've found > this to work fine. > > I was wondering where you might get belt clips from and how much they can > be. I am in the UK but if anyone knows of any good models that'd be great. > I'm starting to use GPS more and more and want to get the best I can out of > it and know you can't always do this when your phone is in a pocket. I'm > also using bone conducting headphones which work really well for hearing > announcements and traffic. > > > > Louise. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: 09 July 2013 2:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Using BlindSquare, was: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Fred, > > > > I have not yet purchased the Seeing Eye subscription, but I trust Sendero > to > deliver the most complete solution for a blind GPS user even if they may > experience a few growing pains like the recent server outage etc. There are > probably also features we all would like to have and which may take a while > to be added. However, besides the Seeing Eye app and a less expensive > one-time purchase app, BlindSquare is in my opinion the best app and > superior to Ariadne and Sendero's LookAround. > > > > I only bought BlindSquare maybe a couple of months ago, but I find the way > it announces cross streets the best and you can very easily set user > defined > points which are announced as you approach them. I definitely think you > have > to set the distance fairly short as far as the app announcing POI's > otherwise it constantly starts talking and telling you all the stuff it > finds, for me I find 60 metres which is the second shortest setting works > well, I guess if you have it set to feet that would be just under 200 feet, > there is only one lesser distance which is 26 metres or approx. 85 feet. > > > > Any time you create a user defined point you can tell the app to announce > it > when you come within a certain distance and that distance you can actually > enter manually, so for example if you set a bus stop bench as a point you > could tell it to announce it at a distance of 20 feet. In many cases I know > I am approaching the bus stop and I only want the announcement which > includes the direction when I am very close. > > > > Keep in mind that for the directions to work, e.g. Bus Stop 20 feet at 11 > o'clock" you have to point the phone straight ahead into the direction you > are walking. I have a case with a belt clip and I can swivel that belt > clip. > If the phone is on your belt and points straight up and down the compass > directions will not work, you have to either hold the phone and point it > straight ahead or you have to be able to turn the belt clip so the phone is > basically in landscape mode on your hip with the top of the phone where the > headphone jack is pointing forward. Then you still have to make sure you > position the belt clip so it's straight on the outermost point of your hip, > if you have it forward or back to far towards your belly or back it will > point off at a slight angle, i.e. instead of pointing towards 12 o'clock > straight ahead it may point to 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock and this will mean > the announcements will not be as good as they can be. I think having such a > belt clip with a swivel is the way to get the most out of BlindSquare since > I certainly don't want to hold my phone all the time. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > > > . > > > > I think for normal 4 or 6 weeks ago > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Fred Olver > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Thank you, > > Sieghard > > , I had attempted to find it in the app store with no luck. This is most > helpful. It sounds though for navigating an area that Blind Square would be > the app to have, especially if it points out landmarks or items of interest > along the way. > > > > Fred > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:43 AM > > Subject: RE: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Fred, > > > > MyWay Light and MyWay Classic are more designed to record user routes and > then to be used to follow these routes from point to point. The app does > not > use map data like BlindSquare and will not tell you street names, cross > streets etc. > > > > MyWay is written without a space, but if you search for "My Way Classic" > and > write it in 3 words, it will find the app as the only search result, but > you > have to double tap on "Search" at the bottom right of the keyboard after > you > finish typing. There will be no result in the list underneath the search > field and I think often people don't find apps because they don't do that > final step, tap enter and then check the results in the picker box. Anyhow, > here is the main portion of the description and the link in the US app > store: > > > > GPS orientation aid which provides distance and directional information to > a > selected point of interest. > > Such a point can be an address from your address book or a point of a > self-defined route. > The non-free version of MyWay also allows file exchange via the iTunes > filesharing option. > > There, you can also import files containing nodes in Open Street Map format > giving access to hundreds of POI in the proximity such as bus stops or > restaurants. > > Thanks to VoiceOver, visually impaired and blind people have unlimited > access to this app. We recommend to turn on speaking of VoiceOver hints. > > > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myway-classic/id494282724?mt=8 > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Fred Olver > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 4:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Has anyone compared these two applications for proximity purposes? If so, > how did they compare? Was one better than the other? Can they both or > either > one be used for walking? I attempted to find My Way classic in the American > app store and no luck, someone have the correct spelling? > > Any information would be most useful as I am contemplating purchasing one > of > these two. > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > Fred Olver > > -- > 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. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6460 - 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