[IL-Talk] GPS App For Smart Phone?

[Yousufuddin Syed]

Hi Bob,
The best GPS app I can think of is Lazarillo GPS, it is designed for blind
people. He can also use the "Maps" the built in app on Iphones, it is fully
compatible with voice over. Hope that helps.
I was in Chicago until last September, but I don't live there anymore. I
moved to California... will be visiting Chicago in summer.
Best
Syed

On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM Robert Gardner via IL-Talk <
il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>                 Hi Syed
>
> Thanks for your response. With Tom, we are dealing with someone with =
> very low technology skills. He doesn't use a computer, doesn't know =
> JAWS, etc. What I picture he needs is just the answer: can you recommend =
> a mobility app to use on a smart phone? He doesn't have the resources or =
> the skills to search for the answer. He just needs an answer, a solution =
> that someone knows works reasonably well.=20
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> Always good to hear from you. I've kind of withdrawn from being an =
> active member of the NFB, but still consider myself a member of some =
> kind.=20
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> I also hope life is treating you well. I've lost track -- you are back =
> in Chicago, aren't you?=20
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Syed via IL-Talk
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 8:49 PM
> To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Syed <anonymous.individual7 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] GPS App For Smart Phone?
>
> Hi Bob,
> There are tons of apps=3DE2=3D80=3D94 he can do some research on =
> AppleVis.com If you want, I can guide him.
> Hope life=3DE2=3D80=3D99s treating you well
> Syed
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Apr 21, 2025, at 3:47=3DE2=3D80=3DAFPM, Robert Gardner via IL-Talk=20
> > <il-talk at n=3D
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> > =3DEF=3DBB=3DBFHello Everyone
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> > I had an inquiry from a former member of the Blackhawk Chapter, a=20
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> > for which I'm not able to give an informed answer. The man's name is=20
> >Tom  Pogue, and he lives in a fairly rural area east of Galesburg.
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> > What Tom wants to do is buy a smart phone, then add a GPS app on it to =
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> > him mobility information. He has used Humanware Trekker Breezes in the =
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> > line of such equipment, and the current Trekker Breeze, or whatever=20
> > they call it, is around $1500. He is looking for a cheaper approach.=20
> > FYI, Tom h=3D
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> > never used a smart phone before.
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> > I could give him some basic info on iPhones, but Tom's biggest=20
> >question wa=3D
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> > about an GPS app for a smart phone. I don't use such an app, and am=20
> >not  familiar with any of them.
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> > He was having trouble getting good info on such an app, and wondered=20
> >if so=3D
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> > one might have some experience with such an app and could give him=20
> > some recommendations. If any of you are familiar with this approach=20
> > for a mobility assistance solution, would you be willing to contact=20
> > Tom? His inf=3D
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> > is given below.
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> > Tom Pogue
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> > Oneida, IL
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> > 309-483-8377
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> > pacman at otelmail.co <mailto:pacman at otelmail.co>
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> > Note also Tom is not on Il-Talk.
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> > Thanks for any help you can give,
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> > Bob Gardner
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