[gps-talkusers] Re: Android tablet
- From: Ray Carette <ray957719@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 11:34:24 -0400
I'm glad you folks find android to be accessible cause I know when I
tried it a couple years ago, it was almost totally non[accessible. In
fact, the only way to make it accessible wasto purchase mobile speak
or something like that. Anyway, after all that, I switched to the
iphone and I am not looking back.
On 7/8/14, Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, android is very accessible, I use it on a daily basis. Anyone who
> still says android is not blind friendly simply has not given it a
> chance. Does it work differently than IOS? Yes. Is it just as accessible?
> Yes.
> Original message:
>> These days Android devices are quite accessible.
>> For example, here is an unboxing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S that was
>> released on June 26.
>> http://www.mysticaccesspodcast.com/audio/mp71samsungunboxing.mp3
>> Note: just to keep the message on topic, this tablet runs Nearby
>> Explorer just fine.
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>> On 7/8/2014 10:29 AM, Carter Temm wrote:
>>> Not to mention their devices I'm not accessible either
>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 6:51 AM, "Luke French" <nhbostonfan@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:nhbostonfan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>>>> Hello all, I would have to say that Google is not friendly to blind
>>>> people. The Google Chrome app is nearly impossible to use with the
>>>> voice synthesizer. Their Google glass only works for the ride I sorry
>>>> if you don't have a right eye.
>
>>>> Luke
>
>>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 1:53 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>>>>> I see this "why don't you use Google Maps" question so often, that I
>>>>> think I need to give my thoughts. I was originally planning to use
>>>>> Google Maps in BlindSquare, but their license explicitly says it is
>>>>> not allowed to be used in apps like this. I tried to contact Google,
>>>>> but it is very hard to get to contact with them, even I have some
>>>>> business channels there.
>
>>>>> So, as a built in map data source, I don't see Google Maps as an
>>>>> option. They don't have API to get street data in vector form which
>>>>> is often needed in apps like this. What they provide is map in
>>>>> graphical form which is not very useful).
>
>>>>> Yes, they have possibility to do route plan and search for POI, but
>>>>> for BlindSquare it is not enough (+there is this license issue).
>
>>>>> So, for this reason, Google Maps is provided only as 3rd party route
>>>>> planning and more detailed map data is coming from OpenStreetMap and
>>>>> Apple Maps.
>
>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:02 AM, brandon armstrong
>>>>> <baarmstrong37@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:baarmstrong37@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>>>>> hello all, I want to weigh in on what mike may said here. you
>>>>> love foursquare, my point here, please get google maps in the
>>>>> next version of this app, like we've been asking you to do sense
>>>>> 1.0 and call it a day. do you know, that we got a bypass here in
>>>>> my location, after the bypass opened, with in two days of that
>>>>> road opening, google maps starts telling me turn right on to
>>>>> state highway 9, where your app and some others keep telling me
>>>>> to continue on to 190. I'm sorry, but for almost real time
>>>>> updated map info google maps will be your best way to go verses
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