Sieghard, I hope I didn't miss this, but how dio you set your own waypoints in BlindSquare? I just bought this app on Saturday. Please advise.
Sharonda On 7/9/13, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello Louise, > > > > I am currently using a case which covers the back of the iPhone and the > sides, but not top and bottom edges. The phone goes in with the side where > the volume controls are first so that they are lined up with the cut outs, > then you just push down on the other side and the phone snaps into the > case. > It is a very tight fit and just a bit hard to get it off, but the case adds > almost no bulk and I rarely take it off. > > > > The belt clip itself could be a bit stronger in terms of the spring, but > the > phone in its minimal case slides into the belt clip and it's a very snug > friction fit. The belt clip has a sort of ratchet swivel so you can turn it > easily, but once it is turned it will stay in that position. > > > > This case was given to me by a friend and I don't even know what it is > called because he bought it I think from www.monoprice.com for $5 or $6, > very cheap, but a very good case. I think websites like monoprice.com and > other similar sites sell often very inexpensive stuff and ship directly > from > Hong Kong or China. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Louise Redsull > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 10:14 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Using BlindSquare, was: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Sieghard, > > I agree with you about blindsquare. I'm finding this app to be fantastic > and > I like the way it announces tings. I've heard a rumour the developer is > looking at more detailed announcement of intersections. If this happens > it'll have pretty much everything I need in it. Ok it's not got it's own > turn by turn but it links with other apps which have this adn I've found > this to work fine. > > I was wondering where you might get belt clips from and how much they can > be. I am in the UK but if anyone knows of any good models that'd be great. > I'm starting to use GPS more and more and want to get the best I can out of > it and know you can't always do this when your phone is in a pocket. I'm > also using bone conducting headphones which work really well for hearing > announcements and traffic. > > > > Louise. > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: 09 July 2013 2:23 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Using BlindSquare, was: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Fred, > > > > I have not yet purchased the Seeing Eye subscription, but I trust Sendero > to > deliver the most complete solution for a blind GPS user even if they may > experience a few growing pains like the recent server outage etc. There are > probably also features we all would like to have and which may take a while > to be added. However, besides the Seeing Eye app and a less expensive > one-time purchase app, BlindSquare is in my opinion the best app and > superior to Ariadne and Sendero's LookAround. > > > > I only bought BlindSquare maybe a couple of months ago, but I find the way > it announces cross streets the best and you can very easily set user > defined > points which are announced as you approach them. I definitely think you > have > to set the distance fairly short as far as the app announcing POI's > otherwise it constantly starts talking and telling you all the stuff it > finds, for me I find 60 metres which is the second shortest setting works > well, I guess if you have it set to feet that would be just under 200 feet, > there is only one lesser distance which is 26 metres or approx. 85 feet. > > > > Any time you create a user defined point you can tell the app to announce > it > when you come within a certain distance and that distance you can actually > enter manually, so for example if you set a bus stop bench as a point you > could tell it to announce it at a distance of 20 feet. In many cases I know > I am approaching the bus stop and I only want the announcement which > includes the direction when I am very close. > > > > Keep in mind that for the directions to work, e.g. Bus Stop 20 feet at 11 > o'clock" you have to point the phone straight ahead into the direction you > are walking. I have a case with a belt clip and I can swivel that belt > clip. > If the phone is on your belt and points straight up and down the compass > directions will not work, you have to either hold the phone and point it > straight ahead or you have to be able to turn the belt clip so the phone is > basically in landscape mode on your hip with the top of the phone where the > headphone jack is pointing forward. Then you still have to make sure you > position the belt clip so it's straight on the outermost point of your hip, > if you have it forward or back to far towards your belly or back it will > point off at a slight angle, i.e. instead of pointing towards 12 o'clock > straight ahead it may point to 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock and this will mean > the announcements will not be as good as they can be. I think having such a > belt clip with a swivel is the way to get the most out of BlindSquare since > I certainly don't want to hold my phone all the time. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > > > . > > > > I think for normal 4 or 6 weeks ago > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Fred Olver > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:11 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Thank you, > > Sieghard > > , I had attempted to find it in the app store with no luck. This is most > helpful. It sounds though for navigating an area that Blind Square would be > the app to have, especially if it points out landmarks or items of interest > along the way. > > > > Fred > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:43 AM > > Subject: RE: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Hi Fred, > > > > MyWay Light and MyWay Classic are more designed to record user routes and > then to be used to follow these routes from point to point. The app does > not > use map data like BlindSquare and will not tell you street names, cross > streets etc. > > > > MyWay is written without a space, but if you search for "My Way Classic" > and > write it in 3 words, it will find the app as the only search result, but > you > have to double tap on "Search" at the bottom right of the keyboard after > you > finish typing. There will be no result in the list underneath the search > field and I think often people don't find apps because they don't do that > final step, tap enter and then check the results in the picker box. Anyhow, > here is the main portion of the description and the link in the US app > store: > > > > GPS orientation aid which provides distance and directional information to > a > selected point of interest. > > Such a point can be an address from your address book or a point of a > self-defined route. > The non-free version of MyWay also allows file exchange via the iTunes > filesharing option. > > There, you can also import files containing nodes in Open Street Map format > giving access to hundreds of POI in the proximity such as bus stops or > restaurants. > > Thanks to VoiceOver, visually impaired and blind people have unlimited > access to this app. We recommend to turn on speaking of VoiceOver hints. > > > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myway-classic/id494282724?mt=8 > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Fred Olver > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 4:20 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Blind Square VS. My way classic? > > > > Has anyone compared these two applications for proximity purposes? If so, > how did they compare? Was one better than the other? Can they both or > either > one be used for walking? I attempted to find My Way classic in the American > app store and no luck, someone have the correct spelling? > > Any information would be most useful as I am contemplating purchasing one > of > these two. > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > Fred Olver > > -- > 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. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - 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