Hi Kevin, I doubt Bread Crums will do a better job than MyWay Classic since it will only be as good as the GPS signal is and inside a building GPS signals just are weak or non-existent.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Barry Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: There should be an app for ... The forthcoming, hopefully, app Breadcrumbs from Looktel should do just that among other things. At 12:51 PM 6/17/2013, you wrote: >Some of those are good, and maybe rone day. > >I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you >start it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say >reverse. I would find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the >middle of a restaurant and needed to get out through the door again. > >Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P Sent from my iPhone >using BrailleTouch > >On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges" ><<mailto:lisa.lar...@gmail.com>lisa.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Hey All, >>Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is >>either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take >>for a sighted person to do, or requires either some elaborate >>work-around, or finding a sighted person to help me. >>In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app >>that does this." >>So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around >>using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of >>apps that I think would be cool to have. >>Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but >>this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about >>practicality. >>I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or >>other functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their >>phone. So often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think >>would be helpful for blind people to have; I think it would be great >>if we generated the ideas and put them out there. >>I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out >>there for zealous >>nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous >>because," etc. >>And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. >>I'm just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . >>" >> >>Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own. >> >>1. Text Id. The idea is for an app that >>would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether and where there was >>text, and then read it. >>This would be useful, for instance, in finding a address on a >>building, or a sign behind glass, etc. >>2. Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app >>for determining one's sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use >>leveler. I know there are already a couple of audio levelers out >>there, and I haven't checked them recently but I've found them a bit >>tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your phone and have it >>tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too much." I >>realize that this would require having some way to determine that the >>phone itself was more or less level but . >>3. "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go >>out wearing this?" As color identifiers get better it would be great >>to have an app that could tell you whether two different colors >>complimented each other. So you could know if that pink shirt went >>with those russet pants. >>4. "Where's the pooh," I read recently >>that there is now a new external ad on device for Android that offers >>other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn't it be cool to use something >>like this to zero in on organic matter. >>Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive >>audio wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea >>of where it is, but it would be nice to have something like a >>blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide >>dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how easy or onerous it is to >>find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter. >>5. "O Spot," similar to the above, >>wouldn't it be nice to have an app to identify whether you had a spot >>on that shirt. It could be used both for checking your clothes before >>wearing them out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover. >> >>Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's >>creative ideas! >> >>Lisa >> >>-- >>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/>http://www.mail-arc hive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>To post to this group, send email to >><mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>viphone@googlegroups.com. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >><mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>viphone+unsubscribe@googlegro ups.com. >>For more options, visit this group at >><http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en>http://groups.google.com/gro up/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 >><mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>viphone+unsubscribe@googlegro ups.com. >>For more options, visit >><https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>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/>http://www.mail-arch ive.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>http://groups.google.com/grou p/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>https://groups.google.com/groups/ opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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