[Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and vibrations when you get to where you want to be.

[Jenny Keller]

Hi Jim, question, hey, how's dark. Also, wanted to know about these apps. Does it give you directions and then let you know where you're supposed to be like by the doors. Or, do they just tell you where you are at but let you find it yourself. I don't know about these apps.


Jenny

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All of the blindness specific apps, Blind Square as mentioned, Seeing Eye
> GPS, and Nearby Explorer alert for location arrival. For those not familiar
> with GPS, it should be noted that this alert may be close but not exact to
> the desired location because of the in perfect accuracy of GPS. All the 3
> apps I mentioned have a cost and for phone based apps, it is somewhat high,
> I think at least $30. The other item I think relevant here is that the
> address in the maps is not always equivalent to the door of the place one
> seeks; some shopping centers or  apartment complexes may only have one
> address for several buildings, stores, or doors; also, the actual point of
> entry may not be where the desired address is located on the map. Apps allow
> one to modify this for commonly used places though. 
> Jim McCarthy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lori Motis via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 11:50 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Lori Motis
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and vibrations when
> you get to where you want to be.
> 
> I have that feature on Blind Square. I have it set to alert me when I arrive
> at the destination that I am tracking. I am not sure of its current price,
> since I bought it several years ago. They have added a lot of features, and
> I use it whenever I am out walking and looking for a particular place. Apple
> vis gives a lot of info on it and other similar apps on their website which
> is applevis.com I think since I am writing this from memory, and mine is
> getting old, LOL. 
> Lori AKA Food Lady
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 7, 2017, at 6:39 AM, Philip Blackmer via Electronics-Talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I am looking for a GPS app that can play some kind of alert sound or
> vibrate my phone when I get to a selected location.   Does anybody know of
> an app that has that feature?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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