A compass comes on the iPhone and seems pretty good although I haven't used it a ton. Is this voice compass app better in some way?
On 8/5/13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Richard, I knew that the headphone on the iPhone 5 had been moved to > the bottom, but since I have a 4S it escaped me, thanks for mentioning it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 9:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind > square > > note, that if you have an iPhone five, the earphone is at the same end as > the charging port. So, in Sieghard's excellent description, replace power > button with earphone jack and it makes perfect sense. > Richard > (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) > > On Aug 5, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Penny, Krister and List, >> >> OK, so I just did some experimenting with the compass and how you can >> hold your phone to get the correct reading. If I want directions I >> actually use an app called Voice Compass rather than the stock Compass >> app. Voice Compass has it's own male voice which is of very good >> quality, actually I'd say it's a human voice which plays wave files or >> whatever since all it has to say is North, East, South, West and the >> ones in between like Northwest, Southeast etc. That's only 8 pieces of >> information so it would be easy to do. The app does also display the >> actual degrees on the screen so if you want more accuracy than North >> or Northeast than you can check the screen. If anybody wants to check out > Voice Compass, here is the link, it is 99 Cents: >> >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a+-voice-compass/id320952364?mt=8 >> >> Anyhow, back to directions and how to hold the phone. I know my living >> room window points due east, so here it goes: >> >> If I hold my iPhone flat in my hand with the top edge where the >> headphone jack is against the window, Voice Compass correctly says >> "East". >> If I flip the iPhone around and hold the bottom edge with the charging >> port against the window I do, not surprisingly, get the announcement > "West". >> >> Now, if I hold the iPhone vertically, but still with the top edge >> against the window, I still get "East". >> It doesn't matter if the touch screen is facing to the left (9 >> o'clock) or to the right (3 o'clock) as long as the phone's top is >> pointing the right way. >> Once again, if I hold the phone vertically but flip it so the bottom >> edge is against the window, I get the "West" announcement. >> >> Now, holding the phone vertically in front of me which means I am >> holding the entire back of the phone where the camera lens is flat >> against the window with the phone right side up (home button on the >> bottom), the compass still works as it should and announces "East". >> >> If I flip the phone upside down so that the back of the phone is >> against the window, but the home button is pointing up and the >> headphone jack is pointing down, the compass now reverses and announces > "West". >> >> Now, for the last 2 positions. I am once again holding the phone right >> side up (headphone jack pointing straight up, home button on the >> bottom), but I am now holding the phone with the touch screen facing >> away from me and flat against the window. Voice Compass now tells me > "West". >> >> Lastly, I once again flip the phone upside down, I am still holding >> the touch screen away from me and pressed against the window, but now >> the headphone jack is again down and the home button and connector port >> is > up. >> Voice Compass once again tells me "East". >> >> The conclusion is the for the compass to work correctly, the phone can >> be held flat or on edge as long as the top of the phone where the >> headphone jack is points in the direction you want to know you are >> facing. This means you could have the phone on a belt clip holster, >> but for compass directions to work, you must be able to turn the belt >> clip so the phone is held in landscape position and the headphone jack >> has to point in the direction you are walking with the home button >> towards > your back. >> >> What I found out with this test and hadn't realized as much before is >> that you could also have your phone in a chest pocket in either one of >> 2 >> orientations: >> 1. With the touchscreen against your chest and right side up 2. With >> the back of the phone against your chest and the touch screen pointing >> in the direction you are going and upside down. >> >> The same would apply if you had a neck holder like this one: >> http://www.iphone-lanyard.com/Site/iPhone_Holder.html >> Here it would make sense to have the phone in the holder upside down >> and hanging with the back of the phone against your chest or stomach >> (depending on how long you adjust the neck strap). This would give you >> accurate compass direction and it would give you easy access to the touch > screen as well. >> >> I hope I didn't confuse people with this and that it might help some >> in deciding how to best carry their phone. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. 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