[Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

Thu Jul 18 16:48:41 UTC 2013

You can add home.

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
Arielle Silverman
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:49 AM
To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

How does the GPS know where "home" is, if you aren't able to add POI's?

Arielle

On 7/18/13, Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org> wrote:
> I haven't been able to figure out how to create a route between 2 POI's.
> Maybe this isn't possible yet. You can generate a route between your 
> current location and a P.O.I, and between your current location and 
> home. As for the map, there's a back button in the upper lefthand 
> corner of the screen so you can get out of it.
>
>
>
> 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 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
>> 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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