Using Pie
This sounds very simple. With the demise of Now Nav, is there anything as
straight forward on Android and if so what would be the basic steps please?
Thanks
Peter
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
John Ramm
Sent: 11 January 2019 14:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Satnav options on IOS
Hi Sarah and I hope all goes well with your move.
I am totally blind myself and a long cane user. I
use Apple Maps quite a bit and have found it
pretty good whether I'm in the car or on foot.
It works in a fairly straightforward way:
First you search for the destination and you can
use Siri if you want as in "Get walking
directions to the Dog and Duck in Liverpool, or
get walking directions to LL13 ..."
Next you confirm that the phone has understood by pressing the "Go" button
The phone will then start directing you to your
destination using the Siri voice you have selected.
A couple of notes:
1) I recommend some bone conduction headphones
for use with your phone. They sit on your cheeks
just in front of your ears and the sound is
conducted through your bones leaving your ears
available for normal hearing duties.
2) As with any GPS system, you get directions but
you must still stay very much in control of your
own mobility and use all your normal stratigies
to get around. The phone will tell you to turn
right at the next roundabout for example, but it
won't tell you that there are no crossings and
that you need to use an underpass - that you have
to find out or deduce for yourself.
3) Usually, at the bottom of your phone's screen,
the app reports your current location so that you
can find out where you are. Alternatively if you
ask Siri "Where am I" Siri will tell you.
4) In maps your estimated arrival time is
displayed along with the distance to your
destination which can be helpful at times.
5) The first few moments of a route are very
important. This is when you're not quite sure
which direction you're supposed to start off in.
Here the top of your screen is helpful as it
reports the distance to the next turn and you
should be able to monitor that distance to make
sure it is going down as you walk. This should
suggest that you're getting off to a good start.
Finally, Please always remember that any GPS
product is only as good as the data it has. There
will invariably be more around you than is ever
reported to you so, just because the phone
doesn't report something doesn't mean it's not there!
I do also sometimes use Soundscape which doesn't
give directions as such, but reports
intersections and the points of interest around
you it knows which can be really useful.
As for Lazerillo, I have it on my phone but
haven't used it much yet so can't report much about it.
I hope this helps a bit but please don't hesitate
to ask any more questions that you have.
Talk soon, John
At 16:15 09/01/2019, you wrote:
Hi,
I'm due to be moving to a brand new city within
the next few months and so going to have to
learn all sorts of new routes. I will be
getting professional mobility training but I was
also wondering on whehter or not any members use
satnav apps on their iPhones to help
navigate. I'm totally blind and use a long
cane. I would ideally like turn-by-turn audio
prompts on routes. I'm aware of the Ios Maps
and Googlemaps apps but not sure how well they
work in pedestrian mode as a blind user.
Any help greatfully received.
Thanks,
Sarah
