I want to download this app. It will save me a lot of frustration, if you
could give me the link. I am ready to take my new guide dog and go out on the
town. Mel
On Oct 24, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just purchased this app and highly recommend it. I used it on the bus
> today and it announced street crossings perfectly. I look forward to taking
> a walk with this app as I think it will be a great benefit in announcing
> streets prior to my reaching them. I do have a question about setting
> markers. Could you explain as to how to do this. I think I may have found
> it once from the main screen, but had difficulty in subsequent attempts to
> locate it. If it's on a certain part of the screen, I'd be happy to try and
> locate it without continually flicking around. Thanks for a really useful
> app.
>
> Les
> On Oct 22, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello! I'm developer of BlindSquare. There is no try-and-buy option
>> since TTS costs always. You can still use Apple's returning policies,
>> there is always possibility to return app and get money back.
>>
>> About what BlindSquare does: It reports automatically street addresses
>> while you walk, next street crossing, automatic pedometer reading
>> ("you have walked 700 meters in 7 minutes") and reporting of nearby
>> places by categories (it automatically picks most popular places
>> within selected radius, based on foursquare check-ins). This all
>> happens just by launching the app so it takes no time to start using
>> the app, even if you don't use FourSquare yourself.
>>
>> If you take phone out of the pocket, you can search categories, set
>> reporting certain category on/off, "look around" (you get information
>> what kind of places and what street crossings are in different
>> directions), search with free search term, view information of places
>> (name, address, phone number, www-site, twitter feed), start
>> navigation to the place or do foursquare check-in.
>>
>> When you jump into the bus, BlindSquare automatically notices it and
>> starts reporting street crossing while bus is making a turn so you can
>> keep track where you are.
>>
>> You can also add placemarks for yourself. They are synced to iCloud so
>> if you have several devices (for example iPad + iPhone), you always
>> get informed when you get near that place. Some users use this to give
>> warning about bus stop they need to get off.
>>
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