i have found that Blind Square does what it says it does, but is unreliable
in terms of announcing items like intersections when in a vehicle, which
makes it problematic to use on a bus if you just have to know which
intersection you are approaching.
Andy
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From: Grant Hardy
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: BlindSquare - price and a question
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
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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
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