[nagdu] Guide dogs vs smartphone

[Sherry Gomes]

not to mention, I can't imagine a smart phone app or case doing intelligent
disobedience or pulling you out of the way of an oncoming car int he street.


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:27 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dogs vs smartphone

Besides, who would want to waive their phone in front of their body? One,
it's annoying. Two, it went attract  burglars.

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> On Mar 18, 2014, at 1:19 PM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> 
> Today, one of my coworkers was telling me about an article she read about
> a smartphone app that could replace a guide dog.  I tried to explain to
> her how that was unlikely, because my dog can look at a whole situation
> and assess what he thinks our best option is to deal with it, and do it
> quickly.  No smartphone app can do that.  I'm not sure she got what I was
> saying, though.
> I looked up the article she was referring to, and it's talking about a new
> case for a Galaxy phone that sends out sonar pings and vibrates when it
> detects an obstacle up to 6 feet away.  Six feet!  My dog can detect an
> obstacle at least half a block away, and adjust so that I may not even
> know he's going around something.
> So, more silly hype about some machine replacing guide dogs, which I don't
> see happening any time soon.  I guess these story writers basically have
> no idea what a guide dog really does.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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