18. juli 2013 kl. 13:50 skrev Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]>: > Hi Donna, > > 1. No, FourSquare is not required for BlindSquare to work. > > 2. I am not sure about what you said about GPS info being gathered from > other apps. I have Navigon and I guess everybody who has an iPhone 4S or 5 > and upgraded to iOS 6 has Apple Maps, but I have never noticed anything > different although I can't remember if I ever had one of these apps running > as well while I was using BlindSquare. > > 3. BlindSquare will tell you about upcoming intersections, but there is no > information as to whether an intersection is a 4-Way or 3-Way intersection. > The Seeing Eye app is the only iOS GPS app which will give you that sort of > detail. I did read in another post a week or so ago that apparently > BlindSquare might be working on providing this information, but I have not > looked into that myself hence I can only repeat what I heard. > > 5. Yes, you can have Blindsquare running when you are on a bus and it will > give you cross streets, but if the bus travels quite fast it might lag > behind. It should be OK for most city busses which have frequent stops and > mostly don't build up that much speed in between. Keep in mind, though, that > your phone has to be pointing the way you are going for cross street > announcements to work properly. I find that when I am walking I get the best > results when I have my phone in my belt clip case which I can swivel so that > the phone is in landscape mode so to speak with the top of the phone > pointing the way I am going. > > I can't answer Question 4 since it must be so secret that you went straight > from 3 to 5 *smile*. > > If you don't necessarily require the ability to enter a route and get > turn-by-turn directions and don't want the yearly or 3-year subscription > which you have to get for the Seeing Eye app to work, then BlindSquare is in > my opinion the best app and worth every Cent. I also bought Ariadne GPS long > before I bought BlindSquare, but I find BlindSquare much better when it > comes to getting information about upcoming cross streets and it's also easy > to set your own points. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Donna > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Question regarding blind square > > Hi > > I just listened to a demonstration podcast on blind square. I have a couple > questions. I apologize in advance if these questions sound dumb. > > 1. It was mentioned on the podcast, that blind square uses four square to > obtain points of interest. Do Ihave to have four square installed on my > iPhone and running for blind square to work? > > 2. It was also mentioned that GPS info is gathered from other GPS apps like > TomTom, Navigon and Apple maps. Do I need to have one of these GPS apps > installed and open and running while blind square is in use? > > 3. I can't recall from the podcast, Does blind square announce upcoming 4 > way intersections? > > 5. Can blind square be used on public transportation? > > Blind square sounds like the perfect travelling app for my needs. > > Thanks in advance. > > Donna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > >
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