Does Navigon announce upcoming streets? I didn't know this. ~Sharonda Sent from my iPhone; please excuse all mistakes
On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:39 AM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there. Lately I have just been using Ariadne GPS. It is a good provider of > course of what direction you're going in and it is very quick update. It does > not tell you the Street you are about to cross, but if you have the address > mode enabled you will see the address numbers increase or decrease depending > on the direction you're going. In many ways I find that just as useful > because you have an idea of how far you are traveling in any given direction. > Plus if the driver or the automatic system announces the stops, you will > start to remember which hundred block number is associated with which street. > I have helped many people get better acquainted with traveling around, and > this is definitely a useful thing to know. Plus if you are helping others > find addresses, you can let them know how close or how far they are based on > which hundred block you are in. In the larger picture it does not matter so > much what the specific street names are. For example, right now I am in > Houston Texas where I do not know the area as well as other places I have > lived in. This is because of the fact that I have only lived here for a few > months. However traveling the buses around and using Ariadne has given me a > better idea of what street names are where even if I do not know every single > street, knowing the major ones has really helped. The public buses here have > an automatic announcement of what street you are on and what the name of the > stop or the cross street is, so that has helped me in not needing the cross > street names quite as much. If I did not have that information from the bus > at South, I would probably try an app like Navigon or BlindSquare while > writing the bus. > > I hope that helps. > > On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Aaron Linson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What apps do people use when riding on public transit? >> Aaron Linson >> IOS App Accessibility Advocate >> Once an Eagle >> Always an Eagle >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
