To set Iowa's maps to do turn by turn, you simply have to open the application on the top left there will be a directions button then on the upper part of the phone you have different tabs you want to choose the walking tab. When I used to use this app, I would turn off voice over and let Siri talk the directions.
Sent from the Super-iPhone > On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:36 PM, "Michael Malver" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried using apple maps, and don't remember getting consistant turn > directions for pedestrian routes. How do you do it > I have used blindsquare and google maps with good results. I look forward to > trying "seeing eye" once it gets warm enough in Minnesota that Im walking > frequently enough to make the monthly subscription worth testing. > Michael > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription > > Hi, first off let me say that I have only been using the Seeing Eye GPS app > from Sendero for several days. The first thing I noticed was how easy it is > to use. Virtually nothing needs to be set up and configured with it. It > speaks the necessary information about street crossings as you walk. If you > are riding in a vehicle and are going relatively fast, then the > intersections are suppressed. If you are in a route, it clearly gives turn > by turn information and it's very easy to figure out what it means. > > I'm still not sure if I will continue using it as my primary gps source > however, but this isn't through any fault of the app. Prior to trying out > this app, I usually use a combination of BlindSquare or Ariadne to know > where I am at a given point and Google Maps or MapQuest or Apple Maps for > turn by turn directions. Along with those apps, Hop Stop for bus information > and Metro Trip for my local bus information. Yes, this is a combination of > multiple apps. However quite often I don't need to use more than one at a > time. If I'm walking somewhere to get from point A to point B usually > Ariadne or BlindSquare is used. I'm not in situations where I need walking > directions to get somewhere because usually when I go somewhere I've already > got the directions down and I just use non-technical orientation and > mobility skills to find what I'm looking for. In a case where a building > might need to be found, then Ariadne or BlindSquare is good about telling me > what address range I'm in to make sure I'm in the right area. For times when > I'm riding in a vehicle, Google Maps is the preferred choice app because its > directions are spot on, and because the app gives the necessary information > in such a way that both me and my sighted driver can use the information. If > I were to rely only on Seeing Eye GPS for driving directions, then I > couldn't easily share it with my driver because in most cases I would have > to turn down the speech rate of Voice Over and on top of that, it's text > only and most sighted people like the visual map elements. > > Don't get me wrong, I think this app is great and I still feel that for many > people it will be better than the alternative apps mentioned above. > As a technology trainer myself I will be more than happy to recommend this > to some of my clients who might benefit from it. However for me personally I > don't think it will be my primary gps app of choice. The one thing which I > really like, and like a lot, is its feature of telling you when a street is > coming up and if it's a street which spans left and right, or only left or > only right. > > I hope this helps. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > >> On 1/5/2014 2:28 PM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: >> Raul, I think you are one of those who knows how to cobble together >> the several apps to get the same information as the Seeing Eye app >> gives you in one app. I have never used it, the following statement >> is just what I gather from reading.I gather that its main plus is that >> the information one must glean from several apps can be gained using >> only one app, its simplicity to use, and its battery conservation, as >> compared to running several apps at once.For those not so good at >> using an iPhone as are you, this simplicity would be worth the >> subscription. Now that you have actually used it some, I am curious >> to know how you like it? >> >> Thanks for your opinion. >> >> Arnold Schmidt >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 12:08 PM >> Subject: Re: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription >> >> >>> Hi, it's true that paying per month gets very expensive, but it has >>> the huge advantage that it only costs you $10 to find out if the >>> program will really work for you and if it doesn't, then you are only >>> out that one amount. Also, if you don't travel much and only need it >>> occasionally, you could pay for those times you will need it, >>> assuming of course that you will need it less than 6 or 7 times per >>> year since then the cost per year or 3 years would start to be better >>> anyway. I think they mainly did this to allow people to give it a >>> spin. I'm taking advantage of that now and can finally say that I >>> know what the program is really like. So, I for one am glad they >>> added the monthly subscription, for guys like me. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> I told a chemistry joke, no reaction. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and >>> Facebook user ID: rau47 >>> >>>> On 1/3/2014 6:32 PM, DJ wrote: >>>> That comes out to about $119.90 for one year. If I was thinking >>>> about paying monthly for a year I would pay a bit more and get three >>>> times that time. >>>> >>>> DJ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Michael Malver >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:39 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription >>>> >>>> The monthly subscription would be so awesomely awesome I can't >>>> express how awesome that would be. I hope you are correct about >>>> $9.99 That price seems more than reasonable to me. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Steve >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 2:26 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription >>>> >>>> I think I saw $9.95 >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "ViPhone List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:15 PM >>>> Subject: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello all. I just noticed that the Seeing Eye GPS app has an update. >>>>> Amongst several bug fixes and enhancements they have added a >>>>> monthly subscription. I don't yet know the cost however because >>>>> when I try to go there I get an error telling me that it's unable >>>>> to purchase. Most likely this is an error they overlooked because I >>>>> see the price for the 3 year and the 1 year subscription, but the >>>>> monthly one has no price. So, I'm curious to find out what that >>>>> subscription will be. If anyone here knows what that cost is, >>>>> please share. I haven't looked on their site as yet because I'm >>>>> writing this email just a minute after trying the app on the >>>>> iPhone. So if the information is there, this is my bad for being >>>>> lazy and not checking first. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>>> Me, jealous of you? 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