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From: "Wunder, Gary via Nfbnet-members-list" <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Free Information Service for convention
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Reply-To: "Wunder, Gary" <gwunder at nfb.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:58:04 -0500

MIPsoft, makers of the most-used iOS based GPS, way finding and 
Augmented Reality application BlindSquare is making the free version, 
named BlindSquare Event, available from July 1-7 in the geography of 
Orlando. This will support registrants for the NFB National Convention 
and visitors in an area large enough to include Walt Disney World. 
There is an opportunity to purchase the full application but no 
obligation to do so.

Information from the Apple Store follows:

Description
This is the free Event Edition of BlindSquare, provided by MIPsoft and Acapela.

BlindSquare Event Edition will only work at the time and location of 
different events of special interest to the blind community. If you 
select the demo mode, the app will simulate a location for you. It will 
behave as if you were at the simulated location and you will be able to 
try many of its features.

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BlindSquare makes you sense what's around you. The only thing you need 
to do is listen.

BlindSquare is a new solution that combines the latest technology to 
help the blind with their daily lives. It has been developed in 
collaboration with blind people and carefully field tested. You need 
either an iPhone or an iPad to get started. It also supports some 
additional accessories to enhance the experience.

How does it work?

BlindSquare uses GPS and the compass to locate you. It then gathers 
information about the surrounding environment from FourSquare. 
BlindSquare has some unique algorithms to decide what information is 
the most relevant and then speaks it to you with high quality speech synthesis.
“What's the most popular café within 200 meters radius? Where is the 
post office or the library?”

Using BlindSquare as a GPS solution:

When you start the app, it will start telling you the interesting place 
and street crossings around you. By changing the radius, you can limit 
the area you are interested in. You can also search by search term or 
by category. You can select an interesting place from the search 
results and perform the following tasks:

1) Get contact info (address, phone number)
2) Open twitter feed or restaurant menu (if provided)
3) Make a phone call
4) Start tracking the place (BlindSquare will assist you by repeating 
the distance and the clock face direction)
5) Start your favourite navigator for turn-by-turn instructions 
(TomTom, Navigon or Apple Maps)

BlindSquare is aware of when you travel by car, bus or train and starts 
to report interesting places in front of you (for example, the next 
stops) and street crossings when you are passing them.

You can also save your own private places to iCloud so they will be 
found with your every device.

Using BlindSquare as a FourSquare client:

If you like to play FourSquare, you can do the following with BlindSquare:

1) Get a list of nearby FourSquare venues
2) When you are in a place, you can check in by shaking your device
3) Do a check in with commenting and twitter/facebook sharing
4) Correct the location of the place

BlindSquare supports the following languages: English, Spanish, French, 
German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, 
Czech, Estonian and Hungarian. VoiceOver usage is supported but it also 
includes higher quality additional speech synthesis by Acapela 
Text-To-Speech from Acapela Group.

Instructions in English: http://help.blindsquare.com 
<http://help.blindsquare.com> and http://blindsquare.com/faq 
<http://blindsquare.com/faq>

Application includes high quality speech synthesis thus size of the app 
is 90 MB. You need a wifi to download.



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