Hi Alex. The only reason I'd see a need to lock it is if your phone was in your pocket and it was automatically announcing things-- like the Braille note does... But isn't there a way to have it run while it's locked? Can't you use read-to-go when the IPhone is locked?
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Yes, locking the screen would be a problem, but how often does that actually happen - if you're using the phone to navigate, why would you lock it? I don't have an iPhone, I have an iPod, so I am honestly curious about this one. For maps, you could download right on the phone I would imagine, which seems like a good option to me - just download overnight while you are on wifi and there you go. Alternatively, you could just connect to google or some other service and use their data. This, of course, has the advantage of being more up to date, but requires a connection (though loss of a connection also means loss of gps positioning, if I understand things right, so losing one nullifies the other anyway). I don't know, but these are interesting things to think about. On 2/22/12, Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Unless I'm missing something, for this to work on the iphone, the app will need to rely on voiceover to provide the information which means the screen can't be locked, or the app will need to provide its own tts engine which ofcourse must be licensed. This is because, for what reason I'm not sure, Apple does not provide an api for third party apps to use the voices that are already included on the phone, it would certainly make things more efficient if they did. Android would not have this restriction. As far asmaps, for IOS, the app would need to provide a way to download the maps for each area, similar to the way navigon does this. On Android, this is also anoption, although maps could also be downloaded and copied directly to the memory card. That is one major thing I do not like about IOS, you can't connect it to your computer and have it just show up as a drive where you can copy files straight away. On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:I am waiting to choose a phone, based on what Sendero does. The biggestthing is, that sendero still gives automati information with out having to interact with the phone. GPS means travelling, cane in one hand, ears on the environment and mind on processing the information it receives. Thatmeans to be useful as a mobility aid, gps has to automatically tell you the information you will need before you need it. That would make voice control with in the operating platform of the phone in to a useful feature. Unfortunately, microsoft is very late to this party. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.-- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcapTo change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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