Jessica, I suggest you read what BlindSquare can do from here: http://blindsquare.com/help/ There is also links to podcasts.
Br, Ilkka On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > That sounds cool, I think I need a memory refresher on what blindsquare > does as opposed to your typical gps software, sense I unfortunately can't > afford to buy both, and think $30 is a little steep. Everything you just > mentioned sounds great though, considering the fact that I've tried various > gps apps, and unfortunately haven't been completly satisfied with any of > them, and thankfully was given an Itunes giftcard for my birthday, so can > afford to buy it now. > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:37 AM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I sometimes use blind square in combination with Motion, Motion for turn > by turn, and blind square for everything else. > Blindsquare is now $30 I believe. > > Matt Dierckens > Macintosh Trainer > Blind Access Training > www.blindaccesstraining.com > 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 > matt...@blindaccesstraining.com > Introduction to the Macintosh Operating system and voiceover course > available now. Take advantage of our 10% discount for the month of June. > Spots are limited, sign up here > http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/ > > > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Jessica D <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A lot of my blind friends are talking about blind Square. When comparing > both applications, which one would you say is more worth it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jessica, I'm along – time user of motion X GPS Drive. I really like this > app. In summary, I trust it. It's never failed me yet. Now, when you > initially purchased it, it will cost you around one dollar. After that, for > the voice guidance, you need to subscribe annually. It costs either nine or > $10, depending on whether you want automatic subscription updates or not. I > prefer the manual route, since I can control the updates. After all, there > may be one that is in excess will. That hasn't happened yet. Make sure you > get the app called motion X GPS Drive. There is another one called motion > GPS and that is not accessible. I do like BlindSquare in combination with > Google maps, but I find motion X to be my favorite commercial GPS > application. One thing I like about it is you can insert stops along your > route. I did this recently when our son needed to be picked up at the train > station. We were going to someone's house for dinner, but we pick up our > son first and I was able to insert this into the route before going on to > the individuals home. That's a really nice feature. Anyway, I think you > will like the app, but if you have more questions feel free to ask. Getting > to the menu can be a little tricky, but I learned it is at the bottom right > of the screen. Once activating the menu, you can choose all the relevant > options and they work fine. Good luck. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Sense scout maps has just about become unusable, and I've heard a lot of > good things about motionX gps, I wanted to get some feedback from other > people on this list who may have used it. I looked at on applevis, but the > info/reviews seem to be outdated sense there seem to be several updates to > it sense those were posted, but from the reviews I read, everybody seemed > to have nothing but good things to say about, and I love the fact that it > reads street names, something scout does, but it refuses to read POI's > anymore, and just reads them as this huge string of characters that doesn't > mean anything. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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