Yes, try that out. The thing you describe is something that app has no control of, so it's iOS feature/problem. I believe you can't stop any other app either?
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Thanks. I did not know about 15 minutes that it would stop anyway. > However, I am having a problem using the app switcher to close the program > after I go in to BlindSquare. The husband turn voiceover off, and he had > the same problem. I had to restart the iPhone. What happens is using voice > over you have to double tap and hold in order to get into the edit apps to > take them off of the app switcher. However the app switcher refuses to go > into the editing feature and instead opens whatever program you Happened to > touch. If I restart the iPhone, it doesn't do that. This is really weird, > and I have never seen this happen before. > > However, now that I know about 15 minutes, maybe I'll just leave it alone > since I have a for S iPhone. > Regards, > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 29, 2013, at 12:42 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello! > > This has nothing to do with if it detects if you are home or not, it is > just that you have set it to run in background and it will until you stop > it. In iOS 6 there is feature that will stop it automatically after a while > anyway (you will hear it announced when it does) so it will not take > battery more than 15 minutes or so. There might be limitations on which > device models it does this, I think it needs at least 4S model. > > You can always stop it from App Switcher and it is the best way if you > want to use all background features. Maybe someone on this list can help > you how to do it with voiceover. > There are other options too, you can find more info from here: > http://blindsquare.com/faq/#why-does-it-keep-talking > > > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi there >> I am still too new to Blind Square to start saying what I want as >> features. There are some other programs that I can mention, like TapTapSee, >> just to name one, that I love. >> >> I do have a question, however, that I intended to put on the list anyway. >> Has anybody had trouble closing Blind Square? I have had a weird problem >> that if I want to close the program, and I go to the app switcher, and >> press double tap and hold to edit applications, the iPhone wants to open >> the program instead of going to edit apps. The reason I want to close it is >> because if I have put in a destination, and the program thinks I'm not >> there, it keeps talking and won't stop. This is because, for instance, my >> house is at 1019, but the program thinks I'm at 1015, which, by the way, is >> better than some GPS programs I've used. So far, this is the only thing >> that I had trouble with. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello you all! >> >> Thank you Eugenia for this nice posting where you describe so well the >> level of independence an iDevice can make possible. >> >> If Apple develops their products with great vision without interacting >> with end user too much, I develop BlindSquare together with end users, bit >> by bit bringing it to the level you could never get by traditional >> development style. I welcome you all to take part of this journey by giving >> your ideas what you would like to see in future versions. >> >> BR, Ilkka, BlindSquare dev >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys >>> When I started out thinking about an accessible phone, I never dreamed >>> that I would get a device that would have a GPS like BlindSquare on it and >>> that I could get a restaurant menu on it with a braille display. I never >>> dreamed of a program where I could take pictures of an item in my >>> refrigerator or a can in my cabinet and find out what the thing was. When >>> people talked about the camera, I remember thinking "Well, who cares!" I >>> remember Johnathan you doing a podcast or some kind of presentation for >>> Freedom Scientific talking about braille displays with an iPhone and I was >>> sitting there thinking about what a stupid idea this was to have a braille >>> display hooked up to a phone of all things. I remember saying to myself: >>> "Why would anybody want music, email, etc. on a phone of all things?" Of >>> course, guess what I have on my iPhone these days! I just plain flat didn't >>> get it what things I could do with an iPhone. I kept thinking of it as a >>> phone instead of a little bitty computer with the ability to make phone >>> calls. I have a blind friend who has decided she will an iPhone eventually, >>> but she doesn't get yet either. She keeps saying to me: "Well, I can do all >>> that right now." I guess she won't get it either until she gets one >>> herself. She would love BlindSquare, but she doesn't know it yet. It's a >>> case of finding out you wanted something you didn't know you wanted until >>> you got it. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> *grin, seriously addicted grin. >>> On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock <filmchenelle1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> >>> I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first >>> purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone that >>> I knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access to a smart >>> phone where I could text, send email or instant messages let alone >>> download music and video content. Without having sighted >>> assistancevery. So when I had my brand new I phone inside of my hands. I >>> was so elated with joy I did not know what to do with myself at first. >>> Now I cannot ever see myself with out one. Now I not only have an I >>> phone 4. s. But I have a makdck book pro and a time capsule along with >>> an I pad mini and and finally I have a Apple TV. 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