Supposedly maps does give walking directions. Saw someone talk about it doing so yesterday and saw in app where you can tap walking directions. Still would be helpful even without maps. Smiles.
Reggie and Allegra On Jul 25, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: Actually Apple maps does not provide walking instructions, at least not in real time and that's what I would be focused on. All of these apps work well for driving directions, the real question is, how well would they work to assist a blind person who was trying to walk to a destination? Original message: > Oh please do, and could I ask you to add native maps? Know nothing about GPS > but want to learn. Thanks for this undertaking if you do it. Have taught this > old dog much with all the podcasts on applevis and elsewhere! > Reggie and Allegra > On Jul 25, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, some of you may remember a couple years ago that I did a > comparison of the main stream gps apps on the iphone, apps such as motion x > GPS, navigon, etc. I've thought about doing an updated one, especially since > blind cool tech no longer exists, it would be on the blind geek zone web > site. Of course, with the sendero gps app, it may be that blind users do not > use these apps as much. I'm more than willing to do an updated comparison, it > would be kind of fun, but was wondering how much interest people would have > in this. Obviously there's no point in doing it if there is not a lot of > interest, so thought I would ask first. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
