[Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Chip and all,

When you say you can't look around while driving, can you still use
Seeing Eye to generate a driving route between two addresses or POI's,
and will it tell you if your driver has strayed off route?
Also, with the inaccessible maps, is it easy to avoid that part of the
app or have you had problems with getting stuck in the map and unable
to navigate out of the map and back to the accessible part of the GPS?
(This has happened to me with Apple Maps and is quite frustrating).

I have Ariadne too, and am thinking the Seeing Eye might be a good
complement to Ariadne even in its current incomplete form, unless it
causes the problem I mention of getting stuck in  the maps.

Best,
Arielle

On 7/17/13, Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org> wrote:
> I bought this app as well. So far, I think it has potential but it's not
> there yet. As far as I know, there's no look-around mode while driving and,
> currently there's no way to add points of interest though I'm sure this
> will
> be coming. I like Ariadne GPS for identification of where I am,
> particularly
> when I'm on the bus and the driver isn't calling the stops. It's saved some
> walking. In Seeing Eye, the maps feature isn't accessible at all and I'm
> not
> sure why they included it other than for someone who may have some vision.
> Currently with the ap, I can walk around and get street names and near-by
> points of interest and create routes to and from points of interest that
> are
> already in the system to home. I hope this is helpful and gives people some
> idea of what the Seeing Eye ap will do. I'm looking forward to hearing
> Chris' thoughts.
>
>
>
> Chip Johnson,
> Technology Specialist/instructor
> Colorado Center for the Blind
> 2233 W Shepperd Ave.
> Littleton, CO 80120
> 303 778-1130
> 303) 778-1598 fax
> cjohnson at cocenter.org
> www.cocenter.org
> Take charge with confidence and self-reliance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Foster
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:58 PM
> To: 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App
>
> Hey guys,
> Here is Chris Foster from Minnisota.  At this time, there is no way to run
> it on a trial basis.  Because I am a total tech head, I've eaten the money
> and paid for a 1-year subscription. I will have need of it as soon as
> tomorrow and will certainly try to post feedback up here on the list so you
> guys can get some user opinions rather than just company publicity. Good to
> see as many of you as I did while in Orlando.  Take care all, Chris Foster
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:33 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; Arizona
> Association
> of Blind Students List; Colorado-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering if anyone's tried out the new Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS app
> that
> I believe was mentioned at convention this year? I downloaded it and noted
> that while the app was free, it requests a "subscription"
> that costs $70 per year. Before I drop that kind of money, I'd like to get
> some consumer feedback first. Is there any way to run it temporarily as a
> free trial? If you have tried it out, would you recommend it?
>
> Thanks,
> Arielle
>
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