Yes, you do have to be connected but it does not use tons of data. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dulce Muccio Weisenborn Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Sendero GPS LookAround app is now free
Is an Internet connection required for this app to work? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sendero GPS LookAround app is now free Hi Eileen, The Sendero GPS LookAround app has simpler interface than Blind Square with only three button options. You basically get information about the direction you are facing, nearby address, and nearest cross street when the app is running. So, if I shake my iPhone, there will be a sound indicating update, and I'll hear something like "Facing southwest near some street address and part of city location, along with an announcement of what my nearest cross street is, like, "Nearest cross street is Main Street near Fourth Street.". You don't get information about the direction of the nearest intersection or what is in any particular direction. I don't use the nearest 5 points of interest, because in most of my locations the information has been extraneous, out of date, or wrong in earlier versions of the app, but this can be useful in a large downtown area where there are standard landmarks. The button options are "LookAround", "Nearest Cross Street", and "Nearest 5 points of interest". These are more easily accessed via the "shake gesture" that can be set to report "direction", "nearest cross street", and "nearest POI". All three options are enabled in Settings by default. You can also separately double tap the "Compass" button at the bottom of the screen, and have it update just the current direction you are facing. One annoyance under the iPad version under iOS 7 is that the button for switching between normal mode and full screen mode (in the case of iPhone apps) is moved to be in the top right corner, so focus under iOS 7 always moves there after you shake or double tap a button. You always hear VO say "Switch to normal mode" as focus now lands on this button, because this is an iPhone only app. Before iOS 7 focus would be on the part of the screen where the LookAround or nearest cross street or compass I formation would be announced. I'd be curious if everyone, even those who paid for the earlier version of this app, has to listen to the announcement about how to find out more about the Seeing Eye GPS app when they start this up. I haven't found any way to turn this off, but my iPhone is still running the version before the app went free. HTH. Cheers, Esther -- 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.
