Hi Sieghard, the random announcements about your distance were likely caused by your phone being awake and its accelerometer being triggered. You can turn this off so that BlindSquare doesn’t react when your phone is shaken. This would solve that particular problem.
Grant On Jun 19, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: I find how Blindsquare announces stuff very unreliable. Sometimes I walk and it suddenly starts to constantly announce how far I travelled as in every few seconds and since I have a Seeing-Eye subscription for 3 years at this point I have taken Blindsquare off my device. I don't need GPS that often and prefer how the Seeing Eye app gives me information. I guess that goes to show how subjective this is, just like TTS voices and bluetooth headsets. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 6:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Blind Square vs. Seeing Eye GPS Is there a way to request Blind Square to announce how far you have traveled? When I use it, it is a bit whimsical about when this announcement is made. At 08:48 AM 6/19/2015, you wrote: > I much prefer blind square. It provides more information without you > having to touch your screen. The seeing ehe app will announce > streets, but only when you arrive at them, where as blindsquare will > announce approaching streets from a distance. Also, blindsquare will > frequently announce your current address and how far you have > traveled. It doesn't have turn by turn directions the way the seeing > eye app does but you can use other apps for that. Hmmmm, maybe I > should do a pod cast comparing those 2 apps. > Original message: >> Hello, > >> Can anyone currently using BlindSquare and Seeing Eye GPS draw any >> comparisons in the current versions? I tried BlindSquare over a year ago, >> didn't care for it and got a refund. Now that I'm finding myself looking for >> more points of interest, I'm revisiting the possibility of purchasing one or >> the other. It seems BlindSquare talks to map apps for turn by turn >> directions, so what would the compelling reason be to take out a >> subscription with the GPS app? I do like that the Seeing Eye app can rely on >> Google Places. I trust that more than FourSquare, but that in of itself is >> not a deal breaker. Any thoughts on the current products would be very much >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. > >> Joe > >> -- >> Musings of a Work in Progress: >> www.JoeOrozco.com/ > >> Twitter: @ScribblingJoe > > > >> -- >> 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. 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