I absolutely echo Lisa's thoughts. BlindSquare is the app I rely on the most. It announces much more relevant information than other apps that I've tried, the only omission being the type of intersection you are approaching. I highly recommend BlindSquare.
Grant On 5/12/13, Lisa Larges <llar...@tamfs.org> wrote: > And, to chime in, BlindSquare will do all the things you asked about. It > announces the nearest cross street, it's distance and relative position > (12:00 for streets ahead of you, and 6:00 for those behind you, for > instance.) > > It will tell you the nearest address, along with locations of stores etc, > as > others have said. > > I do find that I can't rely on the distances it gives; sometimes they are > very accurate, sometimes off by quite a margin, all of which has to do with > the vagueries of GPS in general and cell service. > > Of all the GPS apps, it's the one I find most useful. > > It's proved to be a nice way of learning about places and street names > while > riding a bus route, for instance; and great for walking. > > It has it's own native voicing, which I was surprised to find at first, > and, > you can't use it to plot a route, for instance. But it does what it is > designed to do, and does that very well, I think > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of E V > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:26 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: BlindSquare - price and a question > > > > Hello Sieghard, > > > > The price is $19.99. I just finished getting through half of a podcast, > and > in listening, it appeared to me that the app was more about leveling the > playing field when it comes to information such as coffee shops, pizzas, > etc. Here is a link from AppleVis which appears to be very exhaustive on > the subject of Blind Square. > > > BlindSquare: a Feature-Packed Navigational Tool for Blind iOS Users > Posted on Tuesday 7 May 2013 > In this approximately 1 hour podcast, Sandra Pilz gives us an in-depth > walk-through > and demonstration of > BlindSquare > Download Link > http://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast387.mp3_ > .mp3 > > > > Edward > > > > > > _____ > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:58 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: BlindSquare - price and a question > > Hello List, > > > > I was thinking of getting BlindSquare even though once Sendero's Seeing Eye > app comes out it might become redundant. Anyhow, I for some reason thought > it was $9.99, but when I just checked on the Apple Store it says it is > $19.99. While BlindSquare does a bit more than Sendero LookAround, I > nonetheless find it interesting that I don't ever remember hearing people > complain about the price considering the fuss many folks made when Sendero > LookAround was released and priced at $4.99. > > > > Anyhow, one thing I was wondering is when Blindsquare tells you about > intersections. Does it announce the cross street just before you get to it? > Also, Let's say I get out of a bus and I want to know what the cross > streets > are, will it tell me if the nearest cross street is ahead or behind and > would it tell you how far away it is? > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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