[vicsireland] Re: Ariadne GPS app offers innovative features for blind iPhone users
- From: "Cearbhall O'Meadhra" <omeadhrac@xxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:23:23 +0100
Joan ann,
I downloaded Ariadne into my IPhone 3GS and Bingo! It shows the house two
doors away as mine! Granted, it has an accuracy of 100 metres. It looks good
though! I will see how it goes on the journey into Dublin tomorrow.
All the best,
Cearbhall
T: +353 (0)1 6364364 m: 08333 23487 E: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx
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Ariadne GPS app offers innovative features for blind iPhone users
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Ariadne GPS enables you to know your position at any time and to monitor it
while walking. You can configure the app to update you with information as
you are walking, such as telling you street numbers or the current street
name.
There is also the option to save specific locations and be alerted when you
approach one of them, Alerts can be a sound, vibration or a voice.
Another interesting feature for VoiceOver users is the ability to explore
maps with your fingers. When you move your fingers across the map you can
hear the street names and numbers announced by VoiceOver, which helps you
build a mental map of the area.
This application is fully accessible and provides access to details that are
normally unavailable to people who use VoiceOver to interact with their
iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
Ariadne GPS is available from the iTunes App Store for $2.99. Click this
link to see the Ariadne GPS entry in the AppleVis App Directory
<http://www.applevis.com/app-directory/navigation/ariadne-gps> for further
comments on its accessibility.
Article Source:
AppleVis <http://www.applevis.com/node/1274>
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