[access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions

  • From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:18:13 +0100

Hi,
I am originally from south Dublin but came to Cork on the south coast for my 
job in 1973. I am now retired and living in Cork city. 
My wife, also a Dublin girl has family roots in Ballykinnealy beyond Clifden in 
Connemara. 
Kind regards
Aedan. 


-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mrs 
Angela Stone
Sent: 08 July 2014 11:39
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions

Aedan
My late parents were from co Galway 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 8, 2014, at 11:20, "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard,
> I live in the south of Ireland and wonder if blindsquare will cover here.
> Also can you use it in a car  for turn directions or is it more like 
> Loadstone which I have for years now on the Nokia.
> Regards
> Aedan. 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Richard King
> Sent: 08 July 2014 04:26
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions
> 
> Sanctimoneous? I have trouble spelling it, let alone understanding it! 
> :) I understand that this is of course your opinion and your point 
> about developers having the confidence to develop such tools in the 
> first place is a very valid one. However, with respect, it's sometimes 
> a little unclear on such lists to know whose opinions and experiences are 
> completely impartial.
> It does seem to me that some guys here do have a vested interest in 
> some of the products and services that they are promoting, and that is 
> fine, as long as that is clear. In relation to the Navigator app, The 
> biggest disappointment that I have with it is that it doesn't have the 
> ability (yet) to tag your own points of interest, such as the "my 
> places" function that Blind Square does. For example, we recently 
> spent a week in Cornwall on a holiday park that we had never stayed at 
> before, where this feature proved invaluable to me. It allowed me to 
> tag the shower block, shop, clubhouse and, the caravan. This allowed 
> me for the first time to navigate independently in a totally alien 
> area quite safely and accurately, having had the sighted assistance to 
> do this in the first place. In my view this is a serious failing with 
> the navigator app and should be considered for a future upgrade?
> 
> Just my personal opinion mind.
> Regards
> 
>> On 7/8/14, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> BlindSquare with extras? An interesting way of putting it. I use the 
>> RNIB Navigator app for three reasons. Firstly, if you purchase a 
>> three year subscription it works out at about £30 a year, not at all 
>> unreasonable given the specialist nature of the app. Secondly, 
>> everything is under one roof, all the tools you need to navigate 
>> successfully, safely and reliably. I have spent some years using the 
>> free/multi App approach and although it has its benefits, I preferred 
>> the simplicity of it all in one. Finally, if we are to seriously 
>> encourage developers to consider GPS as a serious tool for 
>> blind/partially sighted users, it is worth investing in the tools and
> giving developers the confidence to realise that there is a market for 
> blind users.
>> I'm confident that apps like RNIB Navigator will only get better with 
>> time however we need to ensure that we tell developers how much we 
>> appreciate the work that they do by buying the product so that they 
>> have encouragement to develop it fur  ther. I don't mean to sound 
>> sanctimonious, this is just my opinion.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 23:45, Richard King <rking689@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I like Google maps and this can also be run in conjunction with 
>>> blind square or on its own. RNIBS Navigator app sounds good but I am 
>>> not prepared to pay £6.99 per month for a nap that is effectively 
>>> BlindSquare with extras
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 22:24, BJ Edwards <bjthequill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I vote for "Blind square" you could also try "rnib navigator."
>>>> 
>>>> bj
>>>> 
>>>> Message composed on Granny Smith's typewriter.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 22:19, "Mark Threadgold" 
>>>>> <m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am looking for a GPS satnav app for my iPhone for a Geocaching 
>>>>> event I am taking part in. Although it's initially for this, I 
>>>>> want one that will be more broadly useable in the future for 
>>>>> general travel.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The obvious app that  springs to mind is TomTom, but are there any 
>>>>> others better suited to the totally blind and the iPhone with 
>>>>> voiceover?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark Threadgold
>>>>> 
>>>>> Of all the things I have ever lost, the one I miss most is my mind...
>>>>> 
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