We have someone testing Navigon and hope to have a report before
long. From what I hear, it covers the basics pretty well assuming
you can deal with the touch screen interface of the iPhone, not for
the faint of heart.
However, you can assume that applications designed for the sighted
will never provide Look Around and other modes useful to blind users.
As I know you understand, prices are based on the number of users
for a product. iPhone apps are based on sales to millions and apps
for blind users are based on low thousands of users. Sendero users
have a direct voice in influencing features versus having no
influence on a main stream product. This is the good news bad news
of being a big fish in a small pond versus a small fish in the ocean.
Mike
At 04:18 PM 12/7/2009, Mike Arrigo wrote:
I agree, though I'm not sure how accessible the new app is, I know
the navigon works well. This is not meant as a criticism aganst
Sendero, they have good products, but the prices are very high.
Hopefully more and more main stream devices and applications will
becme accessible the way navigon is on the iphone, really that's
the way it should be.
On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> This is exciting. Another indication that implementation of
principles
> of universal design can result in the lack of need for overpriced
> specialized products.
> Andy
>
>
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> Hi all, well, Magellan just released the first version of their
> navigation app, wonder how accessible it is. Apparently, navigon is
> adding walk navigation, and once they do that, it should provide
just
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