BlindSquare vs Seeing Assistant Move

BlindSquare is pioneering accessible navigation both indoors and outdoors. Know where you are, know where you're going, travel with confidence. BlindSquare is a new solution that combines the latest technology to help the blind with their daily lives. It has been developed in collaboration with blind people and carefully field tested. You need either an iPhone or an iPad to get started. It also supports some additional accessories to enhance the experience. How does it work? BlindSquare uses GPS and the compass to locate you. It then gathers information about the surrounding environment from FourSquare. BlindSquare has some unique algorithms to decide what information is the most relevant and then speaks it to you with high quality speech synthesis. “What's the most popular café within 200 meters radius? Where is the post office or the library?” You can control BlindSquare also through voice commands. The Voice Command feature is a premium service requiring purchase of credits for continuous use. Voice Command Credits are available as an in-app purchase on the App Store. Using BlindSquare as a GPS solution: When you start the app, it will start telling you the interesting places and street crossings around you. By changing the radius, you can limit the area you are interested in. You can also search by search term or by category. You can select an interesting place from the search results and perform the following tasks: 1) Get contact info (address, phone number) 2) Open twitter feed or restaurant menu (if provided) 3) Make a phone call 4) Start tracking the place (BlindSquare will assist you by repeating the distance and the clock face direction) 5) Start your favourite navigator for turn-by-turn instructions (TomTom, Navigon or Apple Maps) BlindSquare is aware of when you travel by car, bus or train and starts to report interesting places in front of you (for example, the next stops) and street crossings when you are passing them. You can also save your own private places to iCloud so they will be found with your every device. Using BlindSquare as a Foursquare client: If you like to play Foursquare, you can do the following with BlindSquare: 1) Get a list of nearby FourSquare venues 2) When you are in a place, you can check in by shaking your device 3) Do a check in with commenting and twitter/facebook sharing 4) Correct the location of the place BlindSquare supports the following languages: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean (South Korea), Norwegian, Polish, Portugues, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. VoiceOver usage is supported but it also includes higher quality additional speech synthesis by Acapela Text-To-Speech from Acapela Group. Instructions in English: https://www.blindsquare.com/user-guide/ and https://www.blindsquare.com/faq/ Please note: This app retrieves data in real time from Foursquare and Open Street Map. Use of a flat rate data plan is highly recommended. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Having only been released in May 2012, BlindSquare has already received several prizes and awards: - GSMA: Global Mobile Awards 2013, Best Mobile Health Product or Service - Apps4Finland 2012 - OpenCities App Challenge 2012 - The Finnish Information Processing Association: Best Product 2012 Please note: To use BlindSquare, your iCloud account has to be active so BlindSquare can access it to save your settings and places. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Seeing Assistant Move is an application developed by Transition Technologies S.A. in order to support blind and visually impaired people in everyday life. Application provides advanced geo-location and navigation features as well as current weather reports. Seeing Assistant Move has been developed in close co-operation visually impaired people in order to address their needs as well as possible. Features: •route planning •support for LoadStone and OpenStreetMap POIs text databases •advanced neighborhood scanner with world directions •searching for location •where am I functionality •route recorder •sharing points •entering text by voice •Dropbox integration and fully operational by voice commands! Make sure to check the tutorial on: http://seeingassistant.tt.com.pl/en/move/tutorial/ to learn how to use our software. Please bear in mind that this application uses background updates to track the location even when minimized. Continued use of GPS running in the background can significantly decrease battery life. Seeing Assistant Move uses internet for many of its functions. Depending on configuration of your device you may be charged for internet connection or data transmission. Before buying the full version please try the free Lite version and read the terms of use of the application. Terms of Use: http://seeingassistant.tt.com.pl/en/move/terms/ -- Aplikacja Seeing Assistant Move jest opracowanym w Transition Technologies S.A. produktem, którego celem jest wsparcie osób niewidomych i słabowidzących w codziennym życiu. Seeing Assistant Move zapewnia zaawansowane usługi lokalizacji i nawigacji, jak i aktualne informacje pogodowe. Seeing Assistant Move powstawał przy ścisłej współpracy z osobami z dysfunkcją wzroku, aby jak najlepiej odpowiedzieć na potrzeby użytkowników. Dostępne funkcje: •planowanie trasy •wsparcie dla tekstowych baz punktów (POI) w formacie LoadStone oraz OpenStreetMap •zaawansowany tryb eksploracji okolicy •wyszukiwanie lokalizacji •funkcja “Gdzie jestem” •automatyczne nagrywanie trasy •dzielenie się punktami •głosowe wprowadzenie tekstu •integracja z serwisem Dropbox oraz możliwość wydawania poleceń głosowych! Proszę zapoznać się z instrukcją pod adresem: http://seeingassistant.tt.com.pl/en/move/tutorial/ aby dowiedzieć się więcej, jak korzystać z aplikacji. Proszę pamiętać, że aplikacja śledzi zmianę lokalizacji, nawet gdy jest zminimalizowana. Używanie uruchomionego odbiornika GPS w tle może znacznie zmniejszyć żywotność baterii. Seeing Assistant Move wykorzystuje połączenie internetowe do wielu funkcji. W zależności od konfiguracji urządzenia może być pobierana opłata za dostęp do internetu lub transmisji danych. Przed zakupem wersji pełnej proszę wypróbować bezpłatną wersję Lite i zapoznać się z warunkami korzystania z aplikacji. Warunki korzystania z aplikacji: http://seeingassistant.tt.com.pl/move/terms/