[gps-talkusers] Re: extra, extra, read all about it!

  • From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:51:11 -0600

Unless I'm missing something, for this to work on the iphone, the app will need 
to rely on voiceover to provide the information which means the screen can't be 
locked, or the app will need to provide its own tts engine which of course must 
be licensed. This is because, for what reason I'm not sure, Apple does not 
provide an api for third party apps to use the voices that are already included 
on the phone, it would certainly make things more efficient if they did. 
Android would not have this restriction. As far as maps, for IOS, the app would 
need to provide a way to download the maps for each area, similar to the way 
navigon does this. On Android, this is also an option, although maps could also 
be downloaded and copied directly to the memory card. That is one major thing I 
do not like about IOS, you can't connect it to your computer and have it just 
show up as a drive where you can copy files straight away.
On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:

> I am waiting to choose a phone, based on what Sendero does.  The biggest 
> thing is, that sendero still gives automati information with out having to 
> interact with the phone.  GPS means travelling, cane in one hand, ears on the 
> environment and mind on processing the information it receives.  That means 
> to be useful as a mobility aid, gps has to automatically tell you the 
> information you will need before you need it.  That would make voice control 
> with in the operating platform of the phone in to a useful feature. 
> Unfortunately, microsoft is very late to this party. 
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