Wow, I was sure confused by this one. It is developed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals, at least that's how it is listed in the U.S. store.
My initial impression is that this could be a nice app. I haven't taken it out walking yet, but it looks like the interface is easy enough. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Dionesque To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Any experience with the new ViaOpta Nav app? Hello guys, This app is definitely available in Poland and in Germany. It's beeing developed by the same folks who created Ariadne GPS, I'm not sure why they've apparently dropped forward developing of Ariadne and started a new yet similair project. ViaOpta Nav is free and pretty easy to use, the menu is very clear and doesn't contain many options. You can check your locations and intersections close to your location. When on the road, the app informs you about intersections and POIs, botth taken from OSM (Open Street Maps), you can also get a proper street to street navigation based on the TomTom maps. Overall a nice, quick reacting app, given it's still the version 1.0, hopefully we'll see it improving in the future. The interface is in English, on my German-speaking iPhone interface the app menus are properly translated into German but the terms of use which you're about to accept each time you're launching the app are in English only for the time being. Kind regards, Barbara Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 08.09.2014 um 18:07 schrieb Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]>: Hi Jared, I just had a look at your link and it will bring up the app, but in the Zimbabwe app store. You can tell which app store an address is from by looking at the 2 letters after https://itunes.apple.com/ Anyhow, it appears the app is available in the United States, but it is not available in the Canadian app store. Too bad since at least the description sounds OK. The developer, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, is according to Wikipedia also the largest pharmaceutical company with respect to sales which in 2013 were 57.9 Billion. Very nice of them to make a free app for the blind, isnā?Tt it? I guess they would have the resources to do a good job, I mean whatā?Ts a million or two or even 5 for a company like that. It would, however, be nice if they provided a list of countries where the app works. Letā?Ts also see if there will be regular updates and new features. Maybe KNFB Reader should have gone to them for a bit of funding, then maybe the KNFB Reader app would have cost 99 Cents instead of 99 Dollars. After all, according to prescription drugs, over the counter drugs, vaxines, animal drugs the company is also into contact lenses *smile*.a few Bucks Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jared Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 8:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Any experience with the new ViaOpta Nav app? Apparently there is a new free navigation app available designed for blind people called ViaOpta Nav and it can be found at https://itunes.apple.com/zw/app/viaopta-nav/id908435532?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to look at it? I'm not going to have an opertunity to for a couple days. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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