In fact, Seeing Eye does describe intersections the same as our other products.
We have an entire second server dedicated to this task. It was very difficult
to implement because no commercial product or map company had this feature.
We can hear it is a 4-way or a 3-way intersections and which streets go which
ways.
Also, the turn-by-turn navigation is built into the app. No need to spin off to
another program, which doesn’t give you the high level of prompting Seeing Eye
gives you. The commercial routing programs are geared for what sighted people
need and not what blind people need.
Mike
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
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But BlindSquare does do that. It announces intersections as you approach them
and it will plan out routes albeit using Google Maps or Apple Maps as you
choose.
As far as I know neither describes intersections as does Trekker Breeze but I
don't think anything but Trekker Breeze does that.
BlindSquare has had user defined points for as long as I have known it.
Dale Leavens.
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Blindsquare doesn't do turn by turn directions. Seeing Eye is probably one of
the few that does that will tell you what street you're coming up to as you're
walking, although at times, it interrupts itself with POI's I don't care about.
I wonder how you get it to say the street info again when it does do this?
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What do you see as the advantage of Seeing Eye over BlindSquare?
Dale Leavens.
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Well, I am glad and hope they work like I think they will as I live way out in
the country and what I navigate by mostly is landmarks/POI that I create and
then create a rout to them. If it does work like I want it to then SE (Seeing
Eye will become my main GPS and BSQ (Blind Square ) will become my 2nd and then
Navigant 3rd and Maps my 4th.
Thanks,
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I'm glad the points of interest that we can add will be coming. I always
thought this feature would be necessary to be able to go to a bus stop you're
not real familiar with because you might make it to the destination with
directions from the app, if the stop is midblock, knowing which poll to wait at
could be difficult if there aren't other landmarks near the bus stop. It seems
that there are more of these stops in my area that aren't at a street corner,
and I've been afraid of not being able to find them when it comes time to get
the bus back towards home.
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What are the new features in version 2.0?
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On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Charles LaPierre <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Not yet, stay tuned. Waiting now for Apple to review.
Charles LaPierre, CTO Sendero Group
Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the blind
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Ok, the new Seeing eye 2.0 is in the app store? I assume the one with the
personal landmarks/POI’s ? This is great someone let me know please when it is
released from the app store so I can do the one month trial version and if I
like it will get the full paid version for 299 bucks I think it is.
Thanks,
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Listers,
We have submitted the apps to Apple. If all goes smoothly, the release could
happen in a week or so. They can reject for small reasons so cross our fingers
that this does not happen.
I will keep you posted. The final step is when they alert us that the app is
pending. At that point, it will be out in a day. I can’t wait to have you try
out the new User POI recording. It is really fun and useful.
Mike
Michael May, CEO
Sendero Group, Davis California
Developers of accessible GPS
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