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BlindSquare 4+
Blind Navigation-Changes Lives
MIPsoft Oy
Designed for iPad
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- 44,99 €
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Description
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.
What’s New
Version 5.66
Fix to issue causing some crashes
Ratings and Reviews
gut aber grobe Mängel
Die App ist prinzipiell ja gut und wäre sehr hilfreich. Allerdings ist sowohl das GPS Signal ungenau und auch das Kartenmaterial ist stark veraltet. Es werden zum Teil Geschäfte und Lokale angesagt, welche es seit mehreren Jahren nicht mehr gibt. Dies macht die App in der Praxis untauglich. Ich denke das müsste eigentlich leicht zu beheben sein - derzeit ärgere ich mich aber so viel Geld für diese App ausgegeben zu haben. Komme aus Österreich und nutze ein iPhone 11.
Bestens für blinde AnwenderInnen geeignet
Im April letzten Jahres habe ich mir Blind Square geholt. Eine Investition, die sich bisher immer ausgezahlt hat. Ich habe einiges an Navigations-Tools ausprobiert, sowohl externe Geräte als auch die Karten App auf dem iPhone. Allerdings war ich mit den Resultaten nie richtig zufrieden. Ich wurde zwar immer richtig navigiert, jedoch haben all diese Geräte und Apps einen kleinen Fehler. Im entscheidenden Moment können Sie von der Metergenauigkeit rapide abweichen. Schön und gut, blind Square funktioniert auch mit der Karten App des iPhones, empfehlenswert ist diese Kombination allerdings nicht gerade. Ich habe die App in Kombination mit Google Maps laufen, und besser kann es eigentlich nicht laufen. Blind Square allein funktioniert an sich schon recht brauchbar, in Kombination mit einer App wie Google Maps ist das Programm allerdings und schlagbar. Diese Kombination verwende ich wie gesagt seit einem Jahr, und momentan möchte ich es eigentlich auch gar nicht anders haben. Hier kann ich ganz klar eine Kaufempfehlung aussprechen. Was für BlindSquare spricht, ist die Liebe zum Detail und auch die Fähigkeit, einen Ort, wenn man ihn ausgewählt hat, bei Bedarf auch simulieren zu können.
App Privacy
The developer, MIPsoft Oy, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
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MIPsoft Oy has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- Address
- Vesalantie 67 A 00940 Helsinki Finland
- Phone Number
- +358 400482442
- ilkka.pirttimaa@mipsoft.fi
- Size
- 61.6 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 6.2 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © MIPsoft
- Price
- 44,99 €
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.