Hi Joe,
First of all, I doubt you will be able to get a refund. Apple has been giving refunds for inaccessible apps, but you can definitely not argue that Blindsquare is inaccessible since it was made for blind users. I think Blindsquare is awesome when it comes to finding out what's around you. First of all it is by far the best of these apps (I am not including the Seeing-Eye app when I say "these apps") when it comes to announcing upcoming intersections without having to interact with the device. I know Ariadne has a Monitoring function which is supposed to do this, but I somehow never found it was all that reliable. I admit, however, that after I bought Blindsquare I deleted Ariadne from my phone and I haven't used it probably in at least a year. I also like the fact that it's very easy to put in my own points of interest in Blindsquare. Later I can, for example, sit in my house and I can check out where these points are in relationship to my house, e.g. "Start of Trail, 550 metres at 11 o'clock". You can, of course, do the same with other points of interest, e.g. stores, restaurants etc. >From what you said I assume you haven't listened to any Podcasts about Blindsquare because then maybe you might have had a better idea about what to expect. But I think it's a good idea to go to www.applevis.com, search for Blindsquare and listen to especially the one Podcast, can't remember the name of the person who does it. Maybe you will find some information or hear about uses you hadn't thought of before. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: BlindSquare, A Disappointment I purchased the BlindSquare app on account of I did not want to spend a lot more for the Seeing Eye GPS app. To be fair, I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting, except I was hoping for a little more familiarity with my environment. As it stands, the only real advantage is that BlindSquare can tell me, maybe what intersection is in front of me, and that with some turning this way and that to make sure the app is not capturing intersections further away than what you're looking for. Actually, it seems a little illogical that you would need to tap into two screens to turn on a mode that ought to be readily accessible from the main screen. By all means buy it if you're on the fence, but my personal recommendation is that it's more than a little overblown. If you use Ariadne GPS with a combination of WhereTo or Around Me, and pair these up with Google MAPS or Apple's own Maps app, you'll be more than good to go without spending more than twenty bucks. I would venture to suggest that even Sendero's Look Around app could help. Me, I'm hoping I'll be able to get a refund. Thumbs down.--Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
