[Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

Thu Jul 18 14:06:19 UTC 2013

Arielle, I just got this app yesterday and have been playing with it.  It
appears that you can plan driving routes via the fastest way and the
shortest way in terms of distance.  It does recalculate if you go off
course.  At least with walking, I can plan routes between POI's and assume
that this would work while driving as well.  Last night, I selected the
route from my home to a near by pizza place which was listed in my POI's.
It was very easy to reverse the course when coming home.  As far as getting
out of maps, I haven't played with that part of it yet.  Over all, I have
been pretty impressed with this app and it seems to be more accessible than
other gps apps I have used.  Like any good lawyer, I must give you this
caveat.  I have not fully tested this app yet by putting it through a
variety of different scenarios.  I hope this limited amount of feedback is
helpful.  

Best,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Arielle Silverman
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5:34 PM
To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

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
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> cjohnson at cocenter.org
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>
>
> -----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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