[gps-talkusers] Re: why I feel seeing eye gps is not what it used to be
- From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 16:35:55 -0500
I find that it’s still lacking some basic features as well. For example, if I
lock my device, it will announce a street when I get close to it, but there are
no count down announcements, for example, 400 feet, 200 feet, etc. If I want
that, I have to feel around on the screen to get this information, not the most
convenient thing to do while I am walking. Also, when I change direction, this
should be automatically. spoken. I can shake the device to refresh the screen,
but this reads everything. In short, it should work the way nearby explorer
does on Android. The distance to the up coming street is spoken as you approach
it, and it automatically speaks the direction of travel when it changes. You
can disable this if that’s too much speech, but once you start the app, you can
lock the screen and much more information is automatically provided.
On Jul 5, 2014, at 2:13 PM, DJ <grouloc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've spoken with several folks with similar feelings.
>
> DJ
>
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> Subject: [gps-talkusers] why I feel seeing eye gps is not what it used to be
>
> When Seeing Eye gps was released last July it was great. Map data was pretty
> good and pois and addresses were for the most part accurate as long as you
> used the right sources. It's now a year later, and where in my opinion. are
> we? Well, while Sendero has brought great features and improvements such as
> background operation in ios 7, the map data from TomTom leaves a lot to be
> desired. Adresses and pois are way off therefore making directions poor.
> It's a shame and I know people in the UK using rnib navigator and
> complaining about the same thing. What Sendero needs to do is get Google
> maps and call it a day. Clearly this isn't working. Just my thoughts.
>
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