[Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App

Thu Jul 18 16:49:01 UTC 2013

How does the GPS know where "home" is, if you aren't able to add POI's?

Arielle

On 7/18/13, Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org> wrote:
> I haven't been able to figure out how to create a route between 2 POI's.
> Maybe this isn't possible yet. You can generate a route between your
> current
> location and a P.O.I, and between your current location and home. As for
> the
> map, there's a back button in the upper lefthand corner of the screen so
> you
> can get out of it.
>
>
>
> Chip Johnson,
> Technology Specialist/instructor
> Colorado Center for the Blind
> 2233 W Shepperd Ave.
> Littleton, CO 80120
> 303 778-1130
> 303) 778-1598 fax
> cjohnson at cocenter.org
> www.cocenter.org
> Take charge with confidence and self-reliance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5:34 PM
> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App
>
> Hi Chip and all,
>
> When you say you can't look around while driving, can you still use Seeing
> Eye to generate a driving route between two addresses or POI's, and will it
> tell you if your driver has strayed off route?
> Also, with the inaccessible maps, is it easy to avoid that part of the app
> or have you had problems with getting stuck in the map and unable to
> navigate out of the map and back to the accessible part of the GPS?
> (This has happened to me with Apple Maps and is quite frustrating).
>
> I have Ariadne too, and am thinking the Seeing Eye might be a good
> complement to Ariadne even in its current incomplete form, unless it causes
> the problem I mention of getting stuck in  the maps.
>
> Best,
> Arielle
>
> On 7/17/13, Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org> wrote:
>> I bought this app as well. So far, I think it has potential but it's
>> not there yet. As far as I know, there's no look-around mode while
>> driving and, currently there's no way to add points of interest though
>> I'm sure this will be coming. I like Ariadne GPS for identification of
>> where I am, particularly when I'm on the bus and the driver isn't
>> calling the stops. It's saved some walking. In Seeing Eye, the maps
>> feature isn't accessible at all and I'm not sure why they included it
>> other than for someone who may have some vision.
>> Currently with the ap, I can walk around and get street names and
>> near-by points of interest and create routes to and from points of
>> interest that are already in the system to home. I hope this is
>> helpful and gives people some idea of what the Seeing Eye ap will do.
>> I'm looking forward to hearing Chris' thoughts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Chip Johnson,
>> Technology Specialist/instructor
>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>> 2233 W Shepperd Ave.
>> Littleton, CO 80120
>> 303 778-1130
>> 303) 778-1598 fax
>> cjohnson at cocenter.org
>> www.cocenter.org
>> Take charge with confidence and self-reliance.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Chris Foster
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:58 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List'
>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App
>>
>> Hey guys,
>> Here is Chris Foster from Minnisota.  At this time, there is no way to
>> run it on a trial basis.  Because I am a total tech head, I've eaten
>> the money and paid for a 1-year subscription. I will have need of it
>> as soon as tomorrow and will certainly try to post feedback up here on
>> the list so you guys can get some user opinions rather than just
>> company publicity. Good to see as many of you as I did while in
>> Orlando.  Take care all, Chris Foster
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:33 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; Arizona
>> Association of Blind Students List; Colorado-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Colorado-talk] Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS App
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone's tried out the new Sendero/Seeing Eye GPS
>> app that I believe was mentioned at convention this year? I downloaded
>> it and noted that while the app was free, it requests a "subscription"
>> that costs $70 per year. Before I drop that kind of money, I'd like to
>> get some consumer feedback first. Is there any way to run it
>> temporarily as a free trial? If you have tried it out, would you
>> recommend
> it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arielle
>>
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