How about a version for android? That would be awesome, and you would not have to include a TTS engine with it since Android allows the built in tts to be used. We need more developers to spend time on android the way they do on IOS, especially because more and more blind people are starting to use this platform On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello you all! > > Thank you Eugenia for this nice posting where you describe so well the level > of independence an iDevice can make possible. > > If Apple develops their products with great vision without interacting with > end user too much, I develop BlindSquare together with end users, bit by bit > bringing it to the level you could never get by traditional development > style. I welcome you all to take part of this journey by giving your ideas > what you would like to see in future versions. > > BR, Ilkka, BlindSquare dev > > > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi guys > When I started out thinking about an accessible phone, I never dreamed that I > would get a device that would have a GPS like BlindSquare on it and that I > could get a restaurant menu on it with a braille display. I never dreamed of > a program where I could take pictures of an item in my refrigerator or a can > in my cabinet and find out what the thing was. When people talked about the > camera, I remember thinking "Well, who cares!" I remember Johnathan you doing > a podcast or some kind of presentation for Freedom Scientific talking about > braille displays with an iPhone and I was sitting there thinking about what a > stupid idea this was to have a braille display hooked up to a phone of all > things. I remember saying to myself: "Why would anybody want music, email, > etc. on a phone of all things?" Of course, guess what I have on my iPhone > these days! I just plain flat didn't get it what things I could do with an > iPhone. I kept thinking of it as a phone instead of a little bitty computer > with the ability to make phone calls. I have a blind friend who has decided > she will an iPhone eventually, but she doesn't get yet either. She keeps > saying to me: "Well, I can do all that right now." I guess she won't get it > either until she gets one herself. She would love BlindSquare, but she > doesn't know it yet. It's a case of finding out you wanted something you > didn't know you wanted until you got it. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> *grin, seriously addicted grin. >> On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock <filmchenelle1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first >>> purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone that >>> I knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access to a smart >>> phone where I could text, send email or instant messages let alone >>> download music and video content. Without having sighted assistancevery. >>> So when I had my brand new I phone inside of my hands. I was so elated >>> with joy I did not know what to do with myself at first. >>> Now I cannot ever see myself with out one. Now I not only have an I phone >>> 4. s. But I have a makdck book pro and a time capsule along with an I >>> pad mini and and finally I have a Apple TV. That Is how invested in all >>> things apple that I am at the moment. >>> For the record I will never go back to the Windows operating system ever >>> again as long as I live. >>> Sincerely, Chenelle >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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