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

Thu Jun 8 19:34:37 UTC 2017

Hi all! 
I mainly use my GPS when I'm traveling in unfermiliar locations. I don't use it most of the time because I usually travel to locations that I know the routes of. Most of the time that I go to unfermillar locations, I'm the one that runs the GPS while my boyfriend drives. We still use other means of navigation such as calling our destination to get directions or get directions ahead of time. He's old school and will use maps. Since he happens to be sited, he sometimes uses regular print maps. We have even used the internet on my phone before. We have even stopped at stores to get directions or maps before. So, you totally have to use it as a tool but you can't just depend on it. I mainly needed to have a better tool that works off line since half of the time that I use GPS, I go into places that aren't in cell range. I went ahead and picked up the GPS explorer app that was discussed last night. 

Blessed be!!! 
Kendra Schaber 
National Federation of the Blind 
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> On Jun 8, 2017, at 09:48, Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Nobody should depend on that as a tool without other abilities to figure out where you really are supposed to be. It's kind of like using a mini God without a cane. You have to use the cane as your primary tool and the mini guide as your secondary. It's a health, but the meaning I won't tell you if there's a 3 foot drop off in front of you. Then you get hurt, and the mini guy most likely will never be operable again.
> 
> 
> Jenny
> 
>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I have had GPS tell me the best route to my destination is to walk along a
>> highway, which in New Jersey is very likely to get me killed.  Further, GPS
>> did not identify the road as a highway; I just happened to know it was.  So
>> be very careful about the route GPS tells you!
>> Further, it only gets me close to my destination, but still can be at least
>> 20 yards away.  In a dense area like the one where I live, 20 yards can
>> include a lot.
>> I use GPS, and it's handy, but like Jim says, it's just an additional tool
>> to add to my good travel skills.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jim McCarthy via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 6:05 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>> Cc: Jim McCarthy
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Apps that deliver alerts and vibrations when
>> you get to where you want to be.
>> 
>> 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?
>>>> 
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