Is that app available for the iPhone users? -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vikas Kapoor Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:03 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] new app
It is giving me false information, I'm sitting outside my home and it is saying you are at your college at this moment... On 4/29/14, Prashant Verma <pr_ve...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I was able to download the GuideDots app from play store. > It is a useful small app. Try it out for yourself. > Search exactly with the name GuideDots - there is no space between the > two words. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf Of Satguru Rathi > Sent: 29 April 2014 12:44 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and > issuesconcerning the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] new app > > Hi, > > I too, red the article and was excited to read about the Android app > "Dot Guide" but when I searched on the Google Playstore, no such app existed. > > If anyone knows, or have found out link for this app, then kindly post > the same. > > > With best regards, > Satguru > ___,__.___ > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But > sooner or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." > > Satguru Rathi > Mobile: +91-9871489945 > Email: satgurura...@yahoo.co.in > Skype: satgururathi > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/satguru.rathi.9 > -----Original Message----- > From: pratik shah > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:11 PM > To: keyboardusers ; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility > and issues concerningthe disabled. ; Voice Vision. > Subject: [AI] new app > > taken from hindustan times... > For the visually impaired, navigating through neighborhoods can be a > struggle, but apps aim to shed light on places, people, and obstacles > that lie in their paths. > There are 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, about 39 > million of whom are blind, according to the World Health Organization. > Guide Dots, a free app for Android, detects a person's location and > uses audio voice-overs to announce nearby attractions, including > restaurants, shops -- and even friends. > "We let people know what's around them more than a cane can, > broadening their horizon more than a six foot circle around them," > said Deborah Vandeven, global chief creative officer at VML, based in > Kansas City, Missouri, which created the app. > With the app, users tap the Nearby button to hear a voiceover of > places around them. They can also tag walkway obstructions, restrooms, > and places with good service, and share this feedback with other users > of the app. > If they feel like meeting a friend, they can find out if any Facebook > friends are around. > While the app is meant complement a guide dog or cane, Vandeven said > it's about giving more independence to the visually impaired. By > leveraging Android's TalkBack feature, a screen reader, people can > hear the different options on the screen read aloud, and double-tap to > choose one. > The app gets location data about people and places from Google Maps > and Facebook Places. However, because GPS is only accurate to > approximately 15 meters, the company plans to use beacon technology, > bluetooth sensors that communicate location and other data to a > person's smartphone, to increase accuracy. > "This will help move you those last couple feet that for a visually > impaired person could be the size of the Grand Canyon, so beacons are > definitely a good use case for that," she added. > BlindSquare for iOS is another app designed for the visually impaired > to find places nearby. Users can, for example, ask for the most > popular cafe within a 200 meter radius, or to find a post office. The > app, which costs $23.99 and is available in over 15 languages, gets > location data from Foursquare. It can also read out intersections > while travelling. > John Corneille, director of gift planning at Foundation Fighting > Blindness, a non-profit based in Maryland, is visually impaired as a > result of a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. He said that if the > apps can deliver on their claims, then they might be the tools he's > been looking for. > "GPS on cars can be set to announce what street you're approaching, or > points of interest as you go, but I haven't found an app that does > those things accurately enough when you're walking," he said. > Corneille, who also practices law, said that he uses many apps daily, > including the VoiceOver function on his iPhone, which does > text-to-speech, and Siri to dictate emails and texts. > "My assessment is that there are a lot of apps available and most of > them are very good. They really have a practical use and function for > the visually impaired, and I'm thrilled that they're being offered," > he said. > "If you're visually impaired there's no better time to be that way," > he added. > Among other apps available for the visually impaired, TapTapSee, free > for iOS and Android, allows people to snap a photo of an object to > determine what it is. For iOS, LookTel Money Reader, $9.99, speaks out > currencies in different denominations, and Color ID, free, can help > them figure out the color of a shirt or pair of socks. > > -- > "always prepare for the worst and hope for the best." > pratik shah > assistant professor at SEMCOM > (M.com,NET ) > mobile number- 8347010528. > skype ID -pratikashwinshah > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > essind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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