[BlindTlk] FW: [NAGDU] Button by Neatebox app , helps find button on a street crossing light pole.

[cindyray at gmail.com]

I couldn't find this app on the app store. Don't know if that message got out when I wrote it the first time.
Cindy Lou


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From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] FW: [NAGDU] Button by Neatebox app , helps find button on a street crossing light pole.

Wow this is something to really consider. It’s OK in summer and fall, but especially during the winter months here in the Midwest you can’t get close enough. Are used my cane once because the snowbank was so far away. Thank goodness it was a good vision day. Or should I say better than usual.

Ericka Nelson

> On Aug 1, 2019, at 5:13 PM, Madison Martin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah 
> Calhoun via NAGDU
> Sent: August-01-19 10:00 AM
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> Cc: Sarah Calhoun <sc-tico at att.net>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Button by Neatebox app , helps find button on a 
> street crossing light pole.
> 
> I came across this app called, "Button by Neatebox". It looks interesting!
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> Button by Neatebox (iOS, Free)
> 
> 18 years working for Guide Dogs for the Blind watching my blind and 
> visually impaired friends struggle to interact with pedestrian 
> crossings prompted me to look for a solution which would make the 
> lives of all disabled people easier in this area.
> 
> Many crossings poles are out of reach or too far from the crossing to 
> be useful so I set up Neatebox and looked for a way in which we could 
> press the button at the crossing using our mobile phones.
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> "Button" by Neatebox is the result of this hard work and gives you a 
> hands-free remote crossing control from your phone. It removes the 
> need for you to make physical contact with the crossing pole and 
> leaves you free to focus on a safe and efficient crossing.
> 
> Simply download the free app and input your details and you are ready to go.
> 
> At this time there are limited locations in which the system can be 
> used but we are keen to install more. If you feel that a crossing near 
> you could do with an innovative solution such as this please let us 
> know using the 'request a crossing' feature within the app's settings 
> and we will contact the Local Authority on your behalf to ask for our system to be installed.
> 
> Current Version: 1.02 (February 1, 2018)
> 
> Read Button by Neatebox's AppleVis App Directory entry for more 
> information
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> 
> Visit Button by Neatebox's App Store page
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> Best,
> 
> Sarah Calhoun
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> 
> May you walk gently through the world and know it's beauty all the 
> days of your life.
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> Apache Blessing
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