Hi DJ, I consider the data usage of most GPS apps negligible and unless you use the app every day for several hours and have only 100 or 200 Mb of data I don't think you have to worry about it.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DJ Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Seeing Eye GPS adds monthly subscription Hello Raul, I still have not purchased or tried the SeeingEye app but I've been hoping to find someone who might have done a comparison between the SeeingEye and Google Maps to determine which of these apps uses more cellular data. I too use Google Maps on a regular basis and find it very accessible and easy to use for my purposes, and yes, it's spot on when it comes to directions and destinations. I'm guessing that you watch your data usage regularly and so was hoping that you have checked or will soon be checking on the data usage of each app. Thanks, DJ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:19 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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