[access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
- From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:39:17 -0000
Good point, Steve. It could be that Microsoft are happy with the initial
glory, but the guy who started this work with Microsoft could be thinking of
the end user and getting the system out to as many as possible.
-----Original Message-----
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Steve Nutt
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 7:24 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
Hi Barry,
Not sure I agree about Microsoft not puping money for other platforms, it's
only Apple that are like that. Microsoft for example do Office for Android.
Apple don't do anything for Android.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Barry Hill
Sent: 07 November 2014 20:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
Wouldn't it just. But, then again, I can't imagine that Microsoft would
pump money into something that the other platforms could use for free.
Perhaps what they are developing is simply an app for the Windows phone that
works with beacons.
Cheers
Barry
-----Original Message-----
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Paul Warner
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 7:40 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
Good point. It would be silly if each platform had to have its own beacon
stuck to the same point of interest. Hmmm.
On 07/11/2014 17:56, Barry Hill wrote:
> Interesting. So, as this report said, once a few retailers start using
> the beacons, the price will come down and this will make it viable for
> local authorities to buy into a VI solution. The thing that has
> confused me is that the beacon reading software is already built into
> the iPhone, so what's stopping the ones that the Windows mobile is
> being developed for being used by the existing Apple software?
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul Warner
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 3:27 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
>
> See
> http://www.businessinsider.com/beacons-and-ibeacons-create-a-new-marke
> t-2013
> -12?IR=T
>
>
> On 07/11/2014 15:06, Barry Hill wrote:
>> Oh, is the beacon just a radio frequency tag like you can get on clothes?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
> Of
>> Paul Warner
>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 11:12 AM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
>>
>> The beacon technology is not an exclusively Microsoft thing. As far
>> as I know, the concept of iBeacons was originally intended for IOS.
>> Microsoft might well be the first to demonstrate an early prototype
>> of how these beacons might be used for our purposes but work is
>> ongoing elsewhere to develop uses for this technology, primarily for
>> push advertisements as you pass by shops or stalls.
>>
>> Once the actual beacon hardware becomes standard and mass produced,
>> any
> app
>> developer on any platform will be able to use them.
>>
>> On 07/11/2014 10:53, Barry Hill wrote:
>>> Yup, I think you're spot on, Steve. It was an original idea by a
>>> Microsoft techy person to develop this, so Microsoft started the
>>> ball rolling specifically for their Windows phone. Will they sell
>>> it to Android and Apple or just keep it to themselves? If they keep
>>> it to themselves, it will be dead in the water.
>>>
>>> How cynical a lot of us are. I suppose we are just going by past
>>> experience of good idea's getting nowhere. I do hope this will work
>> though.
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Barry
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of Steve Nutt
>>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 8:39 AM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It's another non-standard standard. You have to have a Windows
>>> phone, so it currently won't work on iOS or Android and I imagine it
>>> will remain in the lab for years to come. Just my cynnical self,
>>> but we seen
>> all this before.
>>> They come and they go.
>>>
>>> All the best
>>>
>>> Steve
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of Jackie Brown
>>> Sent: 06 November 2014 16:43
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Headset guides blind people in cities
>>>
>>> Hi Barry
>>>
>>> Yes, I heard a piece on Radio Ulster about this over breakfast this
>> morning.
>>> What they didn't mention was the cost involved, both to GDBA in
>>> partnering it, and the user. It sounded interesting though I have
>>> to
> say.
>>>
>>> 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 Barry Hill
>>> Sent: 06 November 2014 16:08
>>> To: Barry Hill
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Headset guides blind people in cities
>>>
>>> It's a shame it only works with the Windows mobile, but this looks
>>> pretty good otherwise.
>>>
>>> A headset that guides visually impaired people around cities has
>>> been developed by Microsoft and charity Guide Dogs.
>>> < http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/technology-29913637 >
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Barry
>>>
>>>
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