[gps-talkusers] Re: Amazing Results and a Rather Startling Discovery About Intersection Announcements
- From: "M. Taylor" <mktay@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 01:06:32 -0700
Thanks, Chris.
Please keep in mind that when on a Route, Seeing Eye announces everything
perfectly. It's only when I'm just walking, with no route active, that the
anomaly occurs.
Thank you for the instructions.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 5:03 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Amazing Results and a Rather Startling
Discovery About Intersection Announcements
Hi,
Create the route, a short route that exibits the problem.
then go to settings/routing then there is a send route logs button, hit that
button , type/dictate a description and hit send.
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 01:05:35 -0700
"M. Taylor" <mktay@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
>
> This sounds like a good idea.
>
> Beach Blvd is at least 30 miles long and goes through at least 7 cities.
>
> I'm assuming you mean simply create a route from any point along the
> boulevard and travel along it for, say a couple of blocks? That is,
> simply create a short route along Beach Boulevard?
>
> I've never sent a route log, before, at least, not to my knowledge.
>
> Can you please provide step-by-step instructions on how to do this.
>
> I, of course, am referring to actually accessing and sending the log.
> I know how to create a route.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris
> Grabowski
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:10 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Amazing Results and a Rather Startling
> Discovery About Intersection Announcements
>
> Hi,
> Create a route and travel down beach blvd.
> Then send the route logs. This way the devs can tell what is going on
> and hopefully fix it.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 22:20:28 -0700
> "M. Taylor" <mktay@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello Charles:
> >
> > I am sending this both to the list and to your direct email address
> > in hopes that others may find it useful.
> >
> > Well, I've been using the Seeing Eye App for a few weeks now and I
> > want to state that the app is amazing in its accuracy with regard to
> > non-route intersection announcements with one exception that I will
> > describe momentarily.
> >
> > Thanks to Sendero Group, there is finally an iOS app that I can
> > wholeheartedly recommend to blind and low vision travelers. The
> > last GPS App I trusted on a mobile device as a stand alone solution
> > was Code Factory's Mobile Geo.
> >
> > I truly appreciate your efforts and applaud your success. Bravo!
> >
> > Now, to the one glitch I'm hoping can be addressed/fixed:
> >
> > Let me set the proverbial stage for you:
> >
> > 1.
> > I launch the App on my iPHone 4 S running the latest version of iOS.
> >
> > 2.
> > Under the General Settings, I have my map set to NavTech.
> >
> > 3.
> > Under the Look Around Settings, I have Intersection Announcements
> > set to Always.
> >
> > 4.
> > I close the Settings and make sure that the Location Tab is selected.
> >
> > 5.
> > The Look Around Wand is off.
> >
> > 6.
> > I begin either walking or riding. With the exception of the largest
> > street in Orange County, California, intersections are announced
> > perfectly, as I approach them. It's as if I have my beloved Mobile
> > Geo back. Code Factory would be proud. (Smile).
> >
> > The largest and most heavily traveled street in Huntington Beach,
> > California and arguably in all of Orange County is Beach Blvd
> > (CA-39) or California Highway 39.
> >
> > For whatever reason, when I travel down this street, intersections
> > are not announced. When I turn off of Beach boulevard,
> > low-and-behold, the app begins working again; that is to say,
intersections are announced.
> >
> > I am truly baffled by this glitch. I fear that there could be other
> > major thoroughfares in Los Angeles/Orange County that exhibit this
> > problem but, so far, I have only seen this lack of functionality on
> > Beach
> Boulevard.
> >
> > And of course, as luck would have it, the street I live on, travel
> > the most and need information about the most is, you guessed it,
> > Beach Boulevard (Big, big smile).
> >
> > So, is there anything that can be done to fix this?
> >
> > Profoundly Perplexed and Most Sincerely,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles LaPierre [mailto:charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:55 AM
> > To: 'M. Taylor'
> > Subject: RE: [gps-talkusers] Re: Another Question About
> > Intersections
> >
> > Hello Mark.
> > I assume when you go out, that you are walking correct?
> > This is very strange, since you got the intersections initially it
> > should be cached a mile around you so I don't know why the system
> > wouldn't keep automatically announcing the intersections, unless the
> > road you are on isn't spelled the same as one of the streets in the
> intersection.
> > Not quite sure on that yet, we will see what the logs say.
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Charles LaPierre, CTO Sendero Group
> > Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the
> > blind
> >
> > Office Phone: 888-757-6810
> > Email: Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com General GPS Web:
> > http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:39 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Another Question About Intersections
> >
> > Hello Charles and thank you for the reply.
> >
> > I did as you said and pointed at an intersection while I was near my
> > home Wifi. The app appeared to work but as I left the range of my
> > WiFi, auto intersection announcements stopped, if they even worked
> > in the
> first place.
> >
> > If you think about it, there is no way I can move from one
> > intersection to another and still be in range of my home Wifi.
> >
> > As you instructed, I submitted the route logs from the phone.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles
> > LaPierre
> > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 9:16 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Another Question About Intersections
> >
> > Hello Mark,
> > It should work unless you have intersections turned off (which I
> > doubt you have done). To check it would be under Lookaround and
> > have Intersections turned on (Announce Under 15 MPH). The current
> > software doesn't announce intersections above 15 MPH but this will
> > change as Mike has stated in a future update.
> >
> > Mike experienced a similar problem with his iPhone 4S that
> > intersections were not coming up, but when came back from the UK the
> > intersections started working again for him. You may want to try to
> > see if a wifi connection helps get your intersections working on
> > your location screen. Just point the phone towards an intersection
> > and after a few seconds the data should be downloaded from the server.
> >
> > If you still have issues please try sending us your logs with the
> > title no intersections, and tell us also what iPhone and what iOS
> > you are
> running.
> >
> > Does anyone else have issues where they are not getting
> > intersections at all?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Charles LaPierre, CTO Sendero Group
> > Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the
> > blind
> >
> > Office Phone: 888-757-6810
> > Email: Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com General GPS Web:
> > http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
> > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:23 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Another Question About Intersections
> >
> > Hello Mike, et al,
> >
> > Thank you for the welcome.
> >
> > I set a route on the app yesterday and it performed marvelously.
> >
> > However, generally speaking, I don't use routes, opting instead to
> > just launch the app and walk/ride.
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that the app is supposed to announce
> > upcoming intersections as I move along a street?
> >
> > Not to cast stones but this was the case in Mobile Geo and is the
> > case on the Trekker Breeze.
> >
> > Try as I might, I cannot get the app to automatically announce
> > upcoming intersections on my iPhone 4 S.
> >
> > If there are specific steps I need to take in order to get this to
> > happen, please let me know.
> >
> > Presently, what I do is:
> >
> > 1.
> > Launch the app.
> >
> > 2.
> > Make sure the location tab is selected.
> >
> > Also, I have tried walking with the look-around wand both turned on
> > and turned off with no difference in performance.
> >
> > Is there some area on the screen I'm supposed to activate in order
> > to have auto intersection announcements?
> >
> > Thanks for any help on this.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May
> > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 8:07 AM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] intersections above 15 MPH
> >
> > Welcome Mark.
> > Ok guys, we don't normally preannounce things but I can confidently
> > say that the intersection announcement feature has been fixed above
> > 15 MPH. You additionally can set the limit at 40 MPH or always. Same
> > for POIs. I tested it yesterday in a beta and it is working as expected.
> >
> > And no, I can't say yet when this version will be released. We hope
> > quite soon.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 1:16 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] A New User and a Question
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is Mark Taylor.
> >
> > I just purchased Seeing Eye GPS for my iPhone 4 S.
> >
> > I launched the program, configured the settings and took the app out
> > for a test spin/walk.
> >
> > I did not set a route destination, I just started walking down the
street.
> > To my dismay, the app did not automatically announce upcoming
> intersections.
> >
> >
> > I live in southern California in a major city so I know the area is
> > well mapped.
> >
> > Later, I got into a car and attempted to set the announce
> > intersection option to something greater than 15 miles per hour but
> > was unable to change it.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Mark
> >
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