Hi Kevin I believe it costs £6.99 per month, but Ibrahim knows the exact figures and will probably keep me right with them all. I just bought a month as I sadly can't benefit from it when at home in the same way. I did enjoy using it though, I would purchase it for three years if I thought it would be worth my while. Kind regards, Jackie Brown Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twitter: @thebrownsplace Skype: Thejackmate -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Cussick Sent: 29 July 2014 11:41 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: GPS Hi, how much does the RNIB effort cost? I also use blind square and at the moment seems to be replacing my breeze. I have had maybe 5 years out of it and feel I have had my moneys worth. but i would like to try the navigator app out thanks for your post GPS interests me very much. On 29/07/2014 11:29, Jackie Brown wrote: > I promised some thoughts on various GPS apps when I returned from Scotland > where I had an opportunity to travel about a little. > > My own preference is for the RNIB Navigator app, followed by Trekker Breeze. > I used the Navigator on my iPhone 5 paired with the much discussed BEM > wireless wrist band. > > I used bus and train, and Navigator was pretty good. I didn't put routes in > for GPS to follow specifically, I simply opened the app and let it flow, so > to speak. I received a lot of information about my surroundings, and found > it really useful on the train when it even announced the platform we were > on. North of Perth, however, there was much less information available, and > behaved much as it does where I live. What I discovered was that when GPRS > appeared on the status bar, I got next to no info. But when 3G came up, > things were much much better. > > The down side of Navigator is its hungry battery life. If you go on a > journey of a couple of hours, then the Anker portable charger, which has > been discussed before, is really useful and frankly a necessity. > > I am not a Blind Square person, it just didn't do it for me somehow. While > it worked, I kept going back to Navigator for more route information. Blind > Square was more for POI information to me. > > I also didn't like Telorion GPS that much. It knew where I was, and perhaps > it would have been better if I had specified my start and destination > instructions. But going in free mode, it just gave me postcodes and street > names rather than saying what the numbers in a High Street were alluding to. > I feel it needs quite a lot more work, but I am prepared to accept others > may disagree and maybe get more from it than I did. > > I really like the BEM wireless wrist band, it gives more volume to the > iPhone without being intrusive, and is not uncomfortable to wear either. > > Finally, if you have a Trekker Breeze, this is certainly useful though bulky > and devoid of Bluetooth. It gives a lot of "street with no name" messages, > but it has a good battery life, and is largely straightforward to use. > > These are just my own thoughts. > > Kind regards, > > Jackie Brown > Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx > thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Twitter: @thebrownsplace > Skype: Thejackmate > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq