[gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
- From: Rosemary Teehan <rateehan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:14:15 -0400
I'm moving to a different town, and I can't tell you how invaluable Sendero gps
is in exploring my area and in planning routes from supermarkets, etc. to
perspective houses.
I bought my Apex because I like reading books in braille and also having gps
was like having cream at the top of unhamogenized milk, a real bonus!
Rosemary Teehan
On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Tanner, David (DEED) wrote:
> Well, I think one thing he is referring to is a virtual mode or sometimes
> called browse mode.
>
> I guess sometimes a person has to make choices about what they purchase based
> on whether they believe paying the premium price is worth the difference in
> price. But, when it comes to a difference of over $1,000 those features had
> be absolutely essential.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:34 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>
> I'd be curious to know what features you can't find? The only real one I can
> think of is being told how many feet a place is from you, or how many feet a
> street crossing is, that would be nice, but it's not really something I miss
> personally.
> On Jun 8, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Gideon Kibret wrote:
>
>> I sometimes wonder if I have lost something. I have tried various GPS
>> applications that have some degree of accessibility and I would
>> consider myself to be an advanced user of technology. In my
>> experience, none of the other GPS applications including Android and
>> IPhone come anywere near Sendero's GPS applications on BrailleNote and
>> windows Phones. Most of them may offer a considerably cheaper option
>> but when it comes to giving the most comprehensive accessibility and
>> usability as well as abundance of features, they fall far short. To be
>> honest, I have found some of the supposedly comparable GPS devices and
>> applications not much more than very basic or elementary. But I
>> respect and appreciate that there may be many out there that find them
>> useful.
>> Gideon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>> Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 10:43 AM
>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>
>> There are still some holes that need to be filled in with android
>> accessibility, but it's very useable. Hopefully, braille support will
>> be coming, I don't use a display, so for me that's not an issue. You
>> can accomplish all of the major tasks on both platforms, though the
>> way you do them is different. Remember that for the first 2 years, the
>> iphone was not even accessible. I like both platforms, but for different
>> reasons.
>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
>>
>>> I think that they both have their market. I think that Android is
>>> perhaps better suited to a person who is somewhat geeky and adventurous.
>>> Not all of us are that way, and I think that the iPhone is a better
>>> choice for someone who wants to just do stuff and not have to focus
>>> on how you do it. I think that it's easier to get up and running
>>> with the iPhone. To use a car analogy. If you want to simply drive
>>> the car, get an iPhone. If you are really into how the car works, go with
>>> Android.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tanner,
>>> David
>>> (DEED)
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:51 AM
>>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>>
>>> Yes, but comparing the iPhone and Android is not a fair comparison
>>> because accessibility is much more developed, and Braille support is
>>> really good on the iPhone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:20 AM
>>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>>
>>> The one thing I would like to point out is that, if you have an Apex
>>> or any modern Sense notetaker, you can use it as a braille display
>>> and keyboard with an iPhone or any other iTouch. That means that you
>>> do not need to hear the speech when your surroundings are too noisy.
>>> Android is not even close to such a capability; they have not touched
>>> accessibility in the last three or four upgrades, as far as I know.
>>>
>>> On 6/8/11, john gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> hi mike hope this get through as i am doing it on my braille device.
>>>> i
>>>
>>>> have always thought sendero has been my best option for gps as i am
>>>> a piano tuner and totally blind. i am lucky to have the apex but now
>>>> am wondering about the android element of gps. i also have the
>>>> iphone which is truly great as it is so portable my old nokia e 65
>>>> is on its way out and though late on this thread are sendero putting
>>>> the gps on the android like the symbian verssion of their product.
>>>> here in the uk
>>>
>>>> i will be at sight village and hope to look at the android gps
>>>> market if sendero are there. i need portability and the iphone apex
>>>> and and
>>> the android comes in to play here.
>>>> cheers there.
>>>>
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>>>> Date: Tuesday, 7 Jun 2011 21.56.04
>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>>>
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 I agree with you about Microsoft and Accessibility, they really
>>>> dropped
>>>> 0 the ball with Windows Phone 7. Fortunately, there are alternatives.
>>>> I
>>>> 0 only use a mac at home now, and I use an iphone and android for
>>>> 0 different things. The fact is, windows mobile 6 is a dying breed,
>>>> both
>>>> 0 on phones and note takers. It simply makes no sense to pay more
>>>> for
>>>> 0 these note takers, when you can get a laptop for much less, and
>>>> they
>>>
>>>> do
>>>> 0 more. For Sendero, it makes sense to expand their product on to
>>>> IOS and
>>>> 0 Android. Right now, Android is the top smart phone OS in the world.
>>>> 0 Symbian was decent, but like windows mobile, it's on the way out.
>>>> You
>>>> 0 can still get Symbian phones, but it makes no sense to buy in to a
>>>> 0 platform that is dying fast. Android and IOS are the operating
>>>> systems
>>>> 0 to have and use for mobile devices, at least for the next few
>>>> years probably.
>>>> 0 Original message:
>>>> 0 0 Yes, and had Microsoft come up with good accessibility
>>>> standards,
>>> etc.
>>>> 0 0 and stood by them including with their own software we would be
>>>> a lot
>>>> 0 0 better off now than the never ending battle for access to
>>>> Windows that
>>>> 0 0 will never end.
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0 So, if a developer wants the freedom to do things their way
>>>> without
>>>> 0 0 following Apple's rules they can go to Android, and be a sloppy
>>>> 0 0 developer and never have to worry about being told that their
>>>> work
>>>
>>>> is
>>>> 0 0 inferior and the end user suffers as a result.
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0 Apply those same principals in a business and the company would
>>>> go
>>>> 0 0 under because their software developers would refuse to work
>>>> together
>>>> 0 0 to come up with applications that will allow the company to do
>>>> the
>>>> 0 0 things they need to do.
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0 Ing----comIngOriginal MessageIng----comIng
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>>>> Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>>>> 0 0 Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 6.26 PM
>>>> 0 0 To: Inggps-talkusersthefreelistsddorgIng
>>>> 0 0 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0 Well, that can be a risk of any operating system, the best way
>>>> to avoid
>>>> 0 0 that is good old fashion common sense, granted, on IOS that's
>>>> probably
>>>> 0 0 not as much of a risk, but you're stuck having to do everything
>>>> the way
>>>> 0 0 Apple wants, don't get me wrong, I like both platforms, but for
>>>> 0 0 different reasons.
>>>> 0 0 On Jun 6, 2011, at 7.24 AM, Tanner, David (DEED) wrote:
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0was And, of course, with Android you get the added pleasure of
>>>> all the
>>>> 0 0was malware that comes along with it for free.
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0was Ing----comIngOriginal MessageIng----comIng
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>>>> 0 0was To: Inggps-talkusersthefreelistsddorgIng
>>>> 0 0was Subject: [gps-talkusers] sendero GPS on iphone and android
>>>> 0
>>>> 0 0was Hey everyone, was thinking a bit more about the possibility
>>>> of the full
>>>> 0 0was Sendero GPS product being developed on the iphone and Android.
>>>> 0 0was Actually, I would think it would be easier on Android than
>>>> the iphone
>>>> 0 0was for a couple of reasons. First, Android allows self voicing
>>>> apps to be
>>>> 0 0was developed much easier. On the iphone, there is no way for
>>>> applications
>>>> 0 0was to speak using the TTs engine that is built in to the iphone,
>>>> which is
>>>> 0 0was what voiceover uses. So, Sendero would need to either include
>>>> their own
>>>> 0 0was tts engine, which would increase cost, or rely on voiceover
>>>> to read
>>>> 0 0was everything, which would not allow the app to really be used
>>>> in the
>>>> 0 0was background. Also, there would be no easy way to copy maps to
>>>> the
>>>> 0 0was iphone, unless the entire country was included in the app the
>>>> way
>>>> 0 0was Navigon and TomTom work. Or, it could just download maps as
>>>> it needs
>>>> 0 0was them the way the look around app does, but the TTS would
>>>> still be a
>>>> 0 0was major issue. On the other hand, Android would not have any of
>>>> these
>>>> 0 0was problems. It provides an AP
>>>> 0 0 I
>>>> 0 0was to create talking applications, and it works in the
>>>> background, the
>>>> 0 0was way Google navigation does. Also, copying maps to Android
>>>> devices is
>>>> 0 0was easy since you can just connect the phone in mass storage
>>>> mode and copy
>>>> 0 0was the maps to the SD card. And of course, with android, there
>>>> is no
>>>> 0 0was approval process to deal with, which is why the look around
>>>> app
>>>
>>>> could
>>>> 0 0was be updated so fast. For these reasons, if Sendero does plan
>>>> to expand
>>>> 0 0was to other platforms, Android would be the logical first choice
>>>> I
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