[access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 17:38:47 +0100

Hi,

I bet it is the Bem Wireless Speaker Band from http://www.bemwireless.com.

Getting one for my birthda.

All the best

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 08 July 2014 10:46
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions

Curious! What's this wristband speaker you have? Do you find it loud enough
in all situations?

Carol P


----- Original Message -----
From: Saqib Hussain <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:  access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: 
Date: Tuesday, 8 July 2014 9.40 am
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions

>
>
> Hi. I've tried both and BlSquare is the app for me. I've saved so
> many locations which have helped me and I've found that I don't really
> have to utilise a third party navigation app like Apple Maps or Google
> Maps allot of the time. This app is every bit as good as the Trekker
> and is allot sharper.  It's also helpful to get telephone numbers for
> all the POIs as one can call and enquire about any of them. I like the
> new feature where I can use BlSquare with my Bluetooth Speaker
> wrist band. I can get my location by pressing one button and
> BlSquare keeps me updated anyway. The wrist band speaker has meant
> that I can keep my phone in my pocket and this is a good thing as it's
> not exposed for opportunists. Just because we are VI doesn't mean we
> won't get mugged.
> 
> On 08/07/2014, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Whatever your opinion, it was a good commercial <Smile>.
>
> Seems silly to me though that basic features are missing, like not being
> able to enter your own waypoints.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Ibrahim Gucukoglu
> Sent: 08 July 2014 00.39
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav app suggestions
>
> Hi.
>
> BlSquare 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
> bl/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
>
0was On 7 Jul 2014, at 23.45, Richard King <rking689@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
0was
0was I like Google maps and this can also be run in conjunction with blind
0was square or on its own. RNIBS Navigator app sounds good but I am not
0was prepared to pay #6.99 per month for a nap that is effectively BlSquare
0was with extras
0was
0was
0was Sent from my iPhone
0was
>>> On 7 Jul 2014, at 22.24, BJ Edwards <bjthequill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I vote for "Bl 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
>>>>
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