Thanks for the correction Les. I was pretty sure that you could find an exact street address, but after posting my review I had a quick look and couldn't find the option. Wanted to make sure I wasn't making claims that weren't true. ;) Thanks for confirming that yes, you can look for exact street addresses.
On 1/20/13, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Grant, I believe you can, however search for an address through the Myplace > is option. I've done this to find the office and I work out of and I did > this by specifying a street address. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 20, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just a correction, I did not mean to state that one can search by >> exact street address--this seems to not be available. However, address >> ranges are announced when walking and you can of course search by the >> business name. It also knows about plenty of other residential >> locations, too. The other information I provided should be correct. >> >> Cheers. >> >> On 1/19/13, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I know this app has been discussed on list before, but just wanted to >>> mention that in my experience, BlindSquare, which uses open street map >>> data and FourSquare points of interest, offers me the best experience >>> analogous to holding a Trekker Breeze or a Sendero GPS system while >>> walking. The information can be a little verbose, but you can change >>> what gets announced. Cross streets are consistently announced as well >>> as your heading, which do not work reliably for me in other apps. >>> Ariadne misses lots of cross streets, and Apple Maps with VoiceOver >>> repeats many data numerous times while omitting lots of cross streets. >>> Blindsquare can also track your distance and direction from any of the >>> POIs it knows about, a custom address, or even a custom POI. So you >>> have both commercial POIs and custom POIs in the same app, which is a >>> nice bonus. >>> >>> No turn by turn directions are available, but it's easy to select an >>> address or a POI and tell BlindSquare to open another navigation app >>> such as Apple Maps or Navigon, with the destination already set up so >>> you can easily plan a route. And since BlindSquare uses its own speech >>> rather than VoiceOver, it'll continue talking even while your device >>> is locked or while you're in another navigation app. >>> >>> Sorry if this is common knowledge, but just wanted to offer this brief >>> review because I've been very very impressed with an app that I never >>> thought I'd use--I don't use FourSquare! With BlindSquare, I feel >>> confident that most of the data you'd expect to hear from a blindness >>> specific GPS device will be there for me. >>> >>> Grant >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
