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Robert, Navigon only receives map updates when the app is updated. If you want the most current maps possible, the Garmin app is the way to go. I have not tried Tom TOm, but I find the Garmin interface to be a bit better than Navigon; however, both apps are quite good. I know the most recent ve

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Hi there! Ok I'm curious does anyone reading this thread use or not like the Kapten software! I know its available for the I phone and is made for blind-vi users! Is it no good or just not popular! Cheers Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 11 Feb 2011, at 10:46, Scott Howell wrote: > Ro

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Hello Colin, I have Kapten WEU and use it for planning routes using public transport, but I find it less accurate than Navigon when walking. I'll have to give it another go soon, maybe the next time I go into Paris. Here in my village, all the GPS solutions try to send me on weird routes, and n

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Scott, could you speak more about the Garmin app and it's features as they relate to a blind user? How is it for walking routes? What sort of features are available. I've used Geo does it have a lot of the business locating features etc? How about the walking maps? Do they tend to put you in

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Can I say that's one of the coolest things I've heard in a while... I wish I lived in a village! The oldest house I've ever lived in was built in 1910. Where I live now was built in the 70S and that's considered old. I want to live in a village! On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Anne Robertson wr

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Scott, I have not had sufficient experience to comment on Garmin. I find that of the few I have tried including Navigon will get you pretty close, within 30 feet. I have seen the interface and liked it a lot and I would like to have someone comment on POIs and if it speaks while in "walking" mo

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Greetings Scott G, Since you mentioned business location I thought I'd mention the $3.00 app named "WhereTo?" by future tap. It has a list of categories and results which IMHO absolutely puts geo to shame and more over, the business can be seamlessly passed to either Navigon, TomTom or the bui

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This is a great pointer! Really, thank you I'm going to give this a shot. I recently regained my interest in GPS because I'm up in San Francisco so frequently now and there is very solid public transportation up there. I generally cheat and take cabs or have my assistant come up for big projec

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Hi Geoff, I've never used where to. I use around me for my POI needs. I was wondering if you've used around me, and if so, could you compare and contrast the two apps a bit? Around me is free and I find it to be pretty good. I was wondering what one would get for their $3 for where to. Tha

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Or by contrast compared to the 5 dollar lookaround app by sendero? Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-02-12, at 2:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > I've never used wher

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Hi Ricardo and Eric, For what it does (and the price) around me is excellent!! The main difference between aroundMe and WhereTo is the number of categories. AroundMe has a total of 18 with a few redundancies such as "bars" and "pubs". If I select the "food and drink" category in "whereTo?" h

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Hi Geoff. I don't know if you are using Navigon a lot, but I do have problems with it in that if I try and search for an address by putting in all the relevant information, it won't accept the details as sometimes Voice Over won't go into the edit boxes. Have you or anyone else had that proble

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Hello Kawal, Remember to double tap every time Navigon puts you into a new edit field. That means the city, street and number. It's kind of annoying but that's VO as far as I know it. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hi Geoff. > > I don't k

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Hi Kawal: Call me dense. But, I still think there's too much rocket science involved in making Navigon work. I've gotten discouraged with the number of hoops to jump through, just to get directions somewhere. Or, perhaps I'm just too much of a homebody to make it worth my while to work with.

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Thanks I'll do that. On 13 Feb 2011, at 02:59, Tom Frank wrote: > Hello Kawal, > Remember to double tap every time Navigon puts you into a new edit field. > That means the city, street and number. It's kind of annoying but that's VO > as far as I know it. > Tom Frank > vermont...@gmail.com > >

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Greetings, Perhaps those who believe Navigon's interface to be overly abstruse might consider posting which tasks they would like to perform and what steps they tried rather than a general statement lacking specifics that might scare off people who might otherwise find this app very useful. M

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, the directions have been solid and for free I'm surprised what the app does. Kelly -Original Message- From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: GPS Apps Greetings, Perhaps those w

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gt; surprised what the app does. > > Kelly > > > > -Original Message- > From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: GPS Apps > > Greetings, > > P

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Folks - Here's another GPS App to consider if you're in the US or Canada: MotionX GPS Drive. I've been evaluating it and am very impressed so far. The initial review on Applevis, posted last August, says this App was inaccessible at that time, but the version I'm testing, version 9.1 released on

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Here's the Us App Store link, or search for motionx to find both this general ios version as well as the ipad specific version. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/motionx-gps-drive/id328095974?mt=8 > Folks - Here's another GPS App to consider if you're in the US or Canada: > MotionX GPS Drive. I've

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Hi: My opinion is that one has to jump through a lot of hoops to make Navigon work. Sure, if someone wants to simply enter an address, that part would be obvious. But, having to go to speed profile, or route profile, tell it if you're riding a boat or motorcycle, bike or walking, figure out w

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Dear Geoff, I in the past have tried to make a pedestrian route to the railway station and although I have put my home address in the App already, when it asks where you want to start from, Let's say my house and I select the railway station, I can't seem to get to the next button and it keeps

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hat the app does. >> >> Kelly >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: GPS Apps >>

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Hi Carolyn, That is what attracted me to the Garmin app because it is a bit less complicated than Navigon. However, Garmin has a little work to do, but from what I have been reading, maybe they are not all that far off and there seems to be some interest in accessibility. I still find Navigon t

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Where To, the app is also on sale across the world for Valentines Day only, Feb 14th, 66% off... Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @NeilBarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit

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Hi Neil and Others, Where To? by FutureTap is certainly worth the $0.99 (U.S.) Valentine's Day sale price. It was the first of the helper applications for GPS points of interest (in the same class as the free AroundMe app by Tweaker Soft) to add the capability to send results to GPS apps such

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Hi everyone, I just purchased Where to? My first concern is there is a message selling 3D that gets in the way. I can't find a way to dismiss it. The message says the window will be skipped after purchasing. If I purchase the 3D just to get rid of the message, do you think the 3D will mess

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Hi Brett, The 3D is a brand-new feature, and I'm not sure that it's accessible with VoiceOver. My understanding is that it uses the camera and superposes the letters for the search results on the field, with larger letters for closer matches. I think it's a visual only feature -- the idea is

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elly > > > > -Original Message- > From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: GPS Apps > > Greetings, > > Perhaps those who believe Navigon's interface

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3:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: GPS Apps hi kelly Mapquest where can i i searched the app store but got nothing. any link to download it from? best On 14 Feb 2011, at 00:59, Kelly Ford wrote: > For what it is worth, I was very disappointed in TomTom. I found

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d for free I'm >> surprised what the app does. >> >> Kelly >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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gt;>> surprised what the app does. >>> >>> Kelly >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message- >>> From: Geoff Waaler [mailto:geoff.waa...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:30 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googl

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Have you tried Lazarillo? I think it is free as well. > On 28/04/2020, at 01:26, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I currently use an obsolete version of the Tom Tom App on my iPhone to > navigate on my daily walk. > When I press the “help me” button this very helpfully say something like “I

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Does tom tom not exist any longer? I use google maps myself but I've never had it work to the level that you have mentioned That isn't of course not to say it wont do what you need. I personally in nz find google maps a better gps option than apples maps. I guess google have put more in down

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Sorry, can’t really help with that one. GPS technology depends on a lot of things. How many GPS signals your phone is picking up to triangulate your position can effect it and I’ve heard that even cloud cover can effect it . Suppose the orientation of your phone and weather you have it in a po

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I tried Lazarillo in Spain as I was on holiday and it was hopeless. It was reporting streets & places in a chaotic way. So I ‘m afraid I’m disappointed in this app. > On 29 Apr 2020, at 13:27, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello Petrus, > Many thanks for the tip on Lazarillo. I took it for a trial r

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What’s supposed to be the difference between Lazarillo and blind square? I’ve used both, and from what I can tell, they seem to be vary similar, other than one is a free app, and one is a paid app. > On Apr 29, 2020, at 6:27 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I tried Lazar

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It could have been the fault of the App, but it could have been other factors as well. It depends on where one is to how accurate the info will be, as GPS relies on satellites so the app will try and work with the info it is getting. Also if one is in a city the buildings can effect how much s

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I can’t comment on that as I’ve never used Blind squared. > On 30/04/2020, at 10:43, Jessica Moss wrote: > > What’s supposed to be the difference between Lazarillo and blind square? > I’ve used both, and from what I can tell, they seem to be vary similar, other > than one is a free app, and

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Petrus, I hope those folks in the cematary aren’t there because the bus was late? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2020 9:07 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: GPS Apps Sorry, can’t really help with that one. GPS

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ies@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: GPS Apps > > Sorry, can’t really help with that one. GPS technology depends on a lot of > things. How many GPS signals your phone is picking up to triangulate your > position can effect it and I’ve heard that even cloud cover can effect it .

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: Friday, 1 May 2020 9:22 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: GPS Apps Good point, that could be it. As long as the bus driver wasn’t drunk. But you know what it is like to get up close and personal with a bus. I don’t mind living across the road from a cemetery, at least they

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n’t there because the bus was late? >> >> From:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings >> Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2020 9:07 AM >> To: macvisi

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Well not many of them anyway, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2020 3:52 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: GPS Apps Hmm, You don’t know the dead. /A 30 apr. 2020 kl. 23:22 skrev Petrus Tuerlings mailt

Searching the iTunes Store of a different country [was Re: GPS Apps for New Zealand besides TomTom [was Re: Response from Navigon]]

Hi Earle, I'm using iTunes on my Mac, so this description of how to change countries for the iTunes Store may not translate well into instructions for Windows screen readers. I'm supplying this answer (and cc'ing to the Macvisionaries list), to provide general information about how to fin