Hi Guys,
thanks for the input and my daughter had recommended me getting the I phone
and it seems most software was for androids.
I did notice that the link you had provided Chip was not a free app and
when doing a search I got a web site that goes through lots of issues and the
ADA 504 accommodations for mobile phones and Internet.
Below is the Walkie Talkie app which my friend Keith downloaded for my
phone but have not tested it out yet myself.
Has anyone looked at this app to see how good it is? I notice that is for
androids and possibly not for I phones.
Walky Talky
This application in the Android phones is developed for visually impaired and
blind
people to walk easily. The application has a navigation aid to help people walk
through
the streets. Users receive instant updates on current location as the
application
includes a compass to point directions. If users go off track, the application
will
vibrate automatically to indicate about it.
I have not used my phone at home yet since I purchased it in North Carolina
because my house has a metal roof and can not receive data while inside the
house; which may cause me to return the phone.
I understand there are ways to get a device to pipe in the data but costs money
but according to the new laws enacted in 2012 the cell phone providers are or
were given money to fix those issues under the new ADA 504 act.
Thanks for the help guys!
Bruce
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 7:01 AM
Subject: RE: Android Apps For Sightless and Navigation
Hi Rick,
I started out to do exactly the kind of thing you're thinking of, a
navigational aid.
Google was much easier to use than Microsoft maps, so I chose it to work
with. You can query directions and reverse geocode your position from GPS
coordinates up to 10 times a second, so Google could easily provide you a
talking map service with directions. Having your app authenticate to
Microsoft maps was a big difficult deal (for me).
However, either of their description of what's around you (from what I've
heard) isn't as good as the Sendero product (but then it's free, and Sendero
is fairly costly).
And second, which is what made me give this up as my primary goal, it
requires an internet connection and a laptop. I think there are a very few
people who will be moving around with a constant internet connection (which
is necessary if you go off route and need to be brought back on route), and
when I floated the idea, I was also told a very few people would be walking
around with a laptop, even an ultrabook 1.5 pound one.
So, I changed my aim to be helping the traveler prepare their route before
leaving home. I'll go back to a moving navigational aid when this part is
done though, and I am going to try to integrate the info from Open Street
Map to get more info about the streets around you.
Hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Thomas [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 5:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Android Apps For Sightless and Navigation
Hi Chip: What are you working on using gps?
Are you using maps like google maps or the microsoft maps as well?
I watched the podcast mentioned and was impressed with how far the
technology has come but it could be better but just how complicated is
programming using maps, walking directions, cumpus and all that jaz?
I played with driving directions using google maps and microsoft maps a
few years ago and it wasnt too bad but not dynamic like providing
directions while walking along a path.
I just entered a to and from address and pulled down the data from the
api for google and microsoft maps so it was a static route based on 2
predetermined end points.
Rick USA
On 6/29/2014 2:55 PM, Chip Orange wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> Sendero is the most well-known supplier of navigation apps for the blind.
> http://www.senderogroup.com/
>
> I believe they have apps for both I-phones and Android phones, as well as
a
> long list of specialized devices for the blind, and they have something
for
> Windows pcs (although I seem to recall it's not a true navigational aid,
but
> more like what I'm trying to do with a way to explore areas).
>
> There is also the stand-alone device whose name was something like the
> Trekker (or Trekker breeze), as a competator to Sendero.
>
> Hth,
>
> Chip
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LB [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Android Apps For Sightless and Navigation
>
>
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know of navigation apps for android cell phones for the
> sightless?
>
> Or any or all apps for the blind?
>
> Bruce
>
>
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