Yes, Lazarillo. Install it and try.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Peter
Bentley (Redacted sender "bentleypd31" for DMARC)
Sent: 11 January 2019 19:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Satnav options on IOS- What are the Android equivalents
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
