[Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and vibrations when you get to where you want to be.
Jim McCarthy
jmccarthy at mdtap.org
Thu Jun 8 15:57:53 UTC 2017
I love that app! I am a new convert and am converted!
Jim
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From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 11:57 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and vibrations when
you get to where you want to be.
For busses and other transit, I also suggest the transit app, yes the app is
called "transit". This app lets you know what busses/trains are around you,
when they come, etc.
You can also tap a button to "ride this line", enter the stop you want off
at, and then the app will let you know when you get to that stop.
Very Nice App,
Jim
On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 10:49:11AM -0500, Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk
wrote:
> The transit routes sound really good. However, the ones on Google map and
the Apple map that's already on your phone, has the bigger cities of Transit
but not Rockford. Don't quite get it.
>
> It would be really cool though, that just hop on a bus and have it tell me
where we're going. Or where were at. Even if it doesn't say what direction
the actual roots are for the Transit companies themselves. But, it would be
nice to ride a bus, and find out what streets are coming up even if it
doesn't have the route schedule. Anyhow, I can see where that alone would be
really helpful.
>
>
> Jenny
>
> > On Jun 7, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Lori Motis via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I recently read about a new GPS app in the AppleVis newsletter.
> > I copied and pasted the info below. The price is high, but it sounds
> > really good. If anyone has used this app, I would appreciate your
> > feedback on it.
> > Lori AKA Food Lady
> > Nearby Explorer (iOS, US$79.99)
> >
> > Nearby Explorer is a full featured GPS app designed for use by
> > people who are blind. Instead of just providing directions, it
> > describes the environment in ways comparable to reading signage or
> > observing road characteristics.
> >
> > It uses onboard maps, so a data connection is not required, but if
> > you have one, Nearby Explorer supplements the on board map data with
> > crowd collected locations from Foursquare or Google Places. It
> > includes complete maps for the United States and Canada which
> > contain millions of points of interest. The onboard maps are over
> > 4GB in size, so be sure the device you plan to use has enough
> > available space before purchasing.
> >
> > Nearby Explorer works by letting you select from several different
> > location related options about what to announce as you move. These
> > include both typical items like street name and address and
> > specialized options like approaching streets, intersection
> > configurations, and nearby places and the distance and direction to
> > them. (All announcements are optional.) All of this information is
> > shown on the home screen and is available at any time, but typical
> > use is to adjust the level of announcements, then lock the screen
> > and put the device away. This keeps both hands free and let's your
> > preferred voice speak the characteristics of the environment as you
> > move.
> >
> > You may also use the devices position and orientation to obtain
> > additional targeted details such as pointing the end of the device
> > to scan for businesses, even in a moving vehicle, or tilting it
> > vertically to function as a compass, including a listing of streets
> > in the indicated direction. This all works with the device locked,
> > so one need not fuss with the touch screen while moving. You may
> > even mark a point, then use the position of the device to get haptic
> > feedback about that point's location.
> >
> > Nearby Explorer includes a transit feature that provides detailed
> > mass transit schedules for over 60 metropolitan areas in the U. S.
> > and Canada. It treats transit stops just like favorites and points
> > of interest by announcing their name and relative position as you
> > move, but in addition, transit stops add next vehicle stop time,
> > direction of travel, and route name to the announcements. You can
> > use the transit schedules to look up times or even follow a route.
> >
> > You may virtually move to any area in the U.S. or Canada and
> > explore the road network, search, or use the transit maps for that area.
> >
> > Current Version: 1.05.00 (May 3, 2017)
> >
> > Changes in Version 1.05.00
> >
> > Updates the onboard maps to the first quarter of 2017.
> > Splits the onboard map into two separate maps -- one for the United
> > States and one for Canada. The combined map may still be used if
> > desired.
> > Adds map download progress to the report you get when shaking the
device.
> > Improves support for roundabouts. The street name on which to exit
> > is now given, and when walking, the direction the exit street heads
> > is also given . The exit announcement should also trigger earlier in
small roundabouts.
> > Adds a setting to set the turn-by-turn destination as the Watch
> > when selecting a new destination.
> > Adds the Neighborhood item to the Home screen. This item is always
> > empty when using onboard maps in the US, but other address providers
will use it.
> > As a result of this addition, all Home screen items will be
> > unhidden. You will need to hide items again which you do not want to
see.
> > Uses the correct vehicle type for transit stops.
> > Adds clock face support to the Watch point.
> > Fixes an issue where the states of certain options were reported
> > incorrectly in Settings.
> > Fixes a bug where contacts with no type displayed "null" for the type.
> > Geobeam, Compass mode, and Shake to Repeat all now default to off.
> > Read Nearby Explorer's AppleVis iOS App Directory entry for more
> > information https://www.applevis.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/7/17, Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk
> > <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> Jenny,
> >> I am quite uncomfortable with using the word exactly because GPS is
> >> not exact. Also, I imagine there are several on this list who use
> >> Google Maps or Apple Maps with walking directions and who feel like
> >> those work for them. I do not think either of those has a feature
> >> that would let me mark the door I mentioned with the steps here. I
> >> think there are some other features they do not have for me also
> >> but the flipside is that they are free; I am sure some on this list
> >> think they work just fine and great for the cost.
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >> On Behalf Of Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 6:25 PM
> >> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> >> Cc: Jenny Keller
> >> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and
> >> vibrations when you get to where you want to be.
> >>
> >> OK, I missed one part right didn't understand it. Like Google maps
> >> or whatever, you can put in an address and it will verbally give
> >> you directions. So the other apps will do the same thing and then
> >> tell you exactly where doors are in stock. That's really cool if it
does that.
> >> Because I don't know necessarily how to get to a route. I just like
> >> the ability to say like go left on such and such street or you have
> >> reached the street turn left. Do you like I love apps that help as much
as possible.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jenny
> >>
> >>> On Jun 7, 2017, at 5:04 PM, Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk
> >> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Jenny,
> >>> You can create roots and the app will give you turn by turn
directions.
> >>> There may be situations when one wants to find a gazebo in a park
> >>> and there are not trails but instead is just a vast open space; in
> >>> a situation like that, one may prefer to think of a clock face for
> >>> the directions or one app calls this "getting warmer." The root
> >>> suggested may not be the one you would prefer, which means that
> >>> the user needs some travel skills and to use the app as an
> >>> additional tool. There may be sidewalk construction on the
> >>> suggested root; there may be no sidewalks at all so the traveler
> >>> needs to use trailing techniques along roads. In the wide open
> >>> spaces example, there may be drop offs or who knows what. In my
> >>> earlier post, I said the door might not be where the app directs a
> >>> person. I can give a good example so you know how that would work.
> >>> My office is in the building that is the headquarters for
> >>> Maryland's rehabilitation agency. This is a large, three-story
> >>> building with several doors. I have its address marked as a
> >>> favorite and can root to it easily. The address is a main door and
> >>> is where paratransit drops people off or where a cab would drop
> >>> one off. The building is almost a block long. My office is toward
> >>> the far west of the building and the main door is probably 50
> >>> yards east of my office. Walking east on the street where this
> >>> building is located, there is a set of steps that goes up to a
> >>> door on the west end of the building closest to my office. I will
> >>> not be told that I have reached my
> >> destination that is marked as a favorite at those steps because
> >> they are several yards west of the official address.
> >>> They lead to a door though that is closest to my office. I know
> >>> they are there as does my dog guide, so I use them. If I wanted to
> >>> be sure to get them located by the app, I could mark them. That
> >>> would improve the GPS ability to inform me of them, but there is
> >>> the imperfect accuracy issue of earlier so it might not be exact.
> >>> Jim McCarthy
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Electronics-Talk
> >>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenny
> >>> Keller via Electronics-Talk
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 5:02 PM
> >>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> >>> Cc: Jenny Keller
> >>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and
> >>> vibrations when you get to where you want to be.
> >>>
> >>> 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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