Hi. this sounds like it could be a useful app. Please update the list if you get a response form the debs. Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:[email protected]
On 18 Jan 2014, at 5:07 am, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually I remembered that your apps get backed up to your computer in iTunes > so I went and looked. It's called GeoReader. My problem with it is, because > it's self voicing, it enterfears with voice over wanting to read the same > thing. They may have updated the app sense I used it and in the app is one > of those contact us things. I did report the problem to them and said that > althoug the app is inteded for sighted users it can also be useful for blind > users because you can create your own points of interest and have a > description attached to it. A point of interest that says turn right here > can be useful when you might be walking through a park to locate your picnic > table again etc.h > > Regards, > > Alan > > Please click on: > HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on > the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my > website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria and Joe Chapman" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: App Turns Smartphone Into Virtual Cane > > > HI. the app your describing sounds like blind square? > regards > Maria and crew from australia > email: > [email protected] > check out > www.95-the-mix.com > where we play lots of great music > > > > > On 17 Jan 2014, at 4:31 am, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I was thinking the same thing. In museums, art centers etc. There is >> another app called There was another app that did something also pretty >> nice. It announced points of interest near by. I don't remember if the app >> name was near by or around me. Anyway, it would read to you about the >> points of interest as you got near them. I had only one problem with the >> app. It was self voicing and that interfered with Voice over. Of course >> you could turn voice over off but that would be like putting blinders on. >> Anyway this app also let you create your own points of interest. There is >> also a national database and you could load in POIS for that State or >> local. anybody can add to the database. I spent several days fooling >> around with it listening to all the points of interest around me. I've >> lived in Las Vegas 31 years and they had places I had never been to or even >> knew existed. >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan >> >> Please click on: >> HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ >> There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on >> the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my >> website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Dawson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:27 PM >> Subject: Re: App Turns Smartphone Into Virtual Cane >> >> >>> I wonder if this ap could be usedoutside and programmed with routs outside. >>> What terrific idea for an ap! >>> Live simply, >>> Love generously, >>> Care deeply, >>> Speak kindly >>> And leave the rest to God! >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Bowers" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 3:16 PM >>> Subject: App Turns Smartphone Into Virtual Cane >>> >>> >>>> App Turns Smartphone Into Virtual Cane for the Blind >>>> >>>> MIT Technology Review >>>> January 8, 2014 >>>> >>>> >>>> A smartphone app inspired by Greek mythology has the potential to help the >>>> blind navigate indoors where GPS is unavailable. >>>> >>>> >>>> It's easy to imagine that being blind or visually impaired more or less >>>> excludes people from using smartphones or tablets. But nothing could be >>>> further from the truth. App stores have a dizzying variety of products >>>> that >>>> help the visually impaired access all kinds of information much more easily >>>> than would otherwise be possible. >>>> >>>> These apps offer audio books, match clothes by colour and even offer games >>>> played by hearing and touch alone. But the apps designed to give directions >>>> all suffer from the same drawbacks-audio directions are helpful but also >>>> screen out other audio such as conversations or the sound of traffic >>>> nearby. >>>> What's more, GPS does not work indoors so these kinds of systems are of >>>> little use in homes and other buildings >>>> >>>> Now Pierluigi Gallo and buddies at the University of Palermo in Italy have >>>> come up with an alternative which offers the blind navigational help >>>> without >>>> any form of audio distraction or the need for GPS. >>>> >>>> The approach is surprisingly simple and inspired by the famous Greek myth >>>> of >>>> Ariadne and Theseus. In the story, Theseus volunteers to kill the Minotaur >>>> which lives in a labyrinth on the island of Crete. To help him, Ariadne >>>> gives him a sword to kill the beast and a ball of thread to help him find >>>> his way out when the deed is done. >>>> >>>> Gallo and co take a similar approach with their prototype smartphone app >>>> called Arianna, the Italian name for Ariadne. (It's also short for "pAth >>>> Recognition for Indoor Assisted NavigatioN with Augmented perception.) >>>> Their >>>> idea is to map out a route through a building by sticking coloured tape on >>>> the ground. >>>> >>>> The user then switches on the smartphone camera and points it towards the >>>> ground, while placing a finger on the screen. He or she then waves the >>>> camera back and forth, scanning the ground for the line. >>>> >>>> In the meantime, the app analyses the frames produced by the camera, >>>> picking >>>> out the line as it moves across the screen. When the line passes under the >>>> user's finger on the screen, the app causes the smartphone to vibrate, >>>> providing a tactile indication of where the line falls. >>>> >>>> Scanning the smartphone back and forth allows the user to follow the line >>>> in >>>> the same way as he or she might use a cane (see diagram above). At the >>>> same >>>> time, QR codes placed on the ground can give the user other information >>>> such >>>> as the location of places such as toilets, water coolers, shops and so on. >>>> >>>> Gallo and co say they tested their virtual cane in December at workshop in >>>> Boston organised by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and say it works well. >>>> >>>> And they plan significant upgrades in future. One idea is to use infrared >>>> lines that are not visible but can nevertheless be picked up by smartphone >>>> cameras which are sensitive to infrared. This infrared sensitivity is >>>> currently an under-used feature of most smartphones, they point out. And >>>> that raises the possibility of games and challenges that are equally >>>> accessible to the blind and sighted. >>>> >>>> All in all, this software could be a significant help to the blind and >>>> visually impaired. Hi-tech aids for this disability tend to be expensive >>>> because they have to be specially designed and manufactured for a >>>> relatively >>>> small group of people. But with smartphones widely available at affordable >>>> prices, much of the technology necessary for Ariana is available >>>> off-the-shelf. >>>> >>>> Gallo and co don't say when their new idea will be available as a >>>> commercial >>>> app or how much it will cost but it has the potential to be significantly >>>> cheaper than a bespoke device. >>>> >>>> So: useful, simple and potentially cheap. 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