To answer your questions, no it does not give turn-by-turn directions. The purpose of BlindSquare is to orient you to what is around you. It will tell you what intersections are coming up, what street you are on, and optionally what points of interest are around. However, it can do tracking, where it opens up the GPS app of your choice, such as Apple Maps.
Honestly depending on what you need it for, I think just using Maps works fine. It can now tell you what street you are on, and what intersection is coming up. BlindSquare has some more options, but nowadays I find myself just using Maps. Carrying it in your pocket should work fine. No, you don’t need to install anything else. It can be helpful to install 4Square, if you want to check into locations, or create custom points of interest, but it’s not necessary. Brandon > On Nov 8, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Sherry Wells <sherrywe...@ameritech.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am considering getting Blind Square so read through the frequently asked > questions on their web site. I have a few questions for those of you using > Blind Square. > > 1) The FAQs state that Blind Square does NOT offer turn by turn directions. > Does this mean that wen walking, it will not tell me to turn right at the > next intersection? This seems odd.... > > 2) FAQ says that if you carry your device in a vertical position to make > sure the back of it points in your travelling direction. I carry my phone in > a front pants pocket. Will this be a problem? > > 3) Do you need to install any other GPS apps in order for Blind Square to > work well? I’ve seen references to Four Square, Googlemaps & Open Street > Maps but am confused as to whether you have to have these apps in order for > Blind Square to work. > > 4) Lastly, what is the price? I could not find this on the web site. > > Thanks in advance for any info, > Sherry Wells > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/>. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <http://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
