[NAGDU] AIRA and getting around

[Jenine Stanley]

Hi Tracy, 

Thanks for the Aira plug. For those who don’t know, I work for Aira. 

I’m currently using agents to help me pattern a brand new guide dog to my rather eccentric neighborhood. It’s a mix of country walks and sidewalks plus a walking path.  I just need him to stick to the curb edge where appropriate and where there’s a sidewalk, take it. He’s got some nice initiative without being too “out there”. 

Btw, all the best to the next class at Seeing Eye, that starts on Monday. 


> On Apr 23, 2022, at 12:16 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've been using AIRA in a way I don't hear other people say, so I thought
> I'd mention it. 
> 
> I get them to use Google Earth or Google Maps and tell me things like, on
> this busy street in my town, which cross-streets have traffic lights?  Or,
> exactly where is this address?  What side of the street is it on?  
> 
> I have a couple GPS apps, but neither of them tell me something like this.
> I guess they assume I'll see the place I want to go across the street.  And
> I've had GPS tell me to cross a busy street where there is no light.  Easy
> enough to do in a car; fatal otherwise.  
> 
> I can find out stuff before I even leave the house and make a good route
> plan.  Quite handy.  
> 
> 
> 
> I have the 30-minute package, but, with the free 5 minutes every day, it's
> plenty for me.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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