No, there are no turn by turn directions though you can monitor a location as to its distance and direction. I'll try to put together a podcast or a tutorial for this app presently. I'll admit it can be a little confusing at first.
Grant On 1/20/13, Ketan Kothari <muktake...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > After reading such wonderful reviews of the app I purchased it but am > confused as to how do I use it. I want to know whether using google maps > with this app, can I have turn by turn directions? I don't use foresquare > and hence I would like to know as to how do I use it. Any help will be > greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > With regards, > > Ketan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Les Kriegler > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:55 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Blindsquare: my favourite iOS navigation app thus far > > Yes, it is a payday. When I purchased it, it was $14.99. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 20, 2013, at 5:08 PM, "Fazil" <urdu...@telus.net> wrote: > >> Hi. >> Is Blindsquare a paid app? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Kriegler" <kriegle...@gmail.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 11:30 AM >> Subject: Re: Blindsquare: my favourite iOS navigation app thus far >> >> >>> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. 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