Dear Raul and all. Can you use this card to pay for services like hulu? Or is the itunes card only for purchasing apps? AÅÅ
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:18 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > 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" >> <r...@raulgallegos.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Michael Malver >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:39 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Steve >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 2:26 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription >>>> >>>> I think I saw $9.95 >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> >>>> To: "ViPhone List" <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> 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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