In this podcast, Sandra shows how you can use BlindSquare in conjunction with Apple Maps. She also demonstrates how you can look at an Apple Maps route even when you are not at its start. This allows you to explore a route before you travel. Walking the route that Sandra has simulated, Alan Robbins shows you the turn-by-turn directions given by Apple Maps.

In this podcast Sandra shows how you can use BlindSquare in conjunction with Google Maps. She also demonstrates how you can look at a Google Maps route even when you are not at its start. This allows you to explore a route before you travel.

Walking the route that Sandra has simulated, Alan Robbins shows you the turn-by-turn directions given by Google Maps.

To compare Google Maps with Apple Maps, listen to

In celebration of traveling, independence, and of course of BlindSquare, we invite you to participate in the BlindSquare Challenge held on White Cane Safety Day on 15 October.

http://blindsquare.com/challenge

Travel with Andre Louis, as he uses BlindSquare and the Uber Taxi service to go to Bunnyfoot London. Although you cannnot hear it in this podcast, he also used the Uber app to pay for the ride.

In this podcast Sandra demonstrates how to use the Transit App from within BlindSquare. Transit App lets you view public transport services at your current location and plan trips to other destinations. Transit App can be downloaded at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/transit-app-now-citi-bike/id498151501?mt=8

Blind users of GPS devices and apps usually receive a lot of information through speech. To make it easier for them to process all of the information, BlindSquare uses a number of sounds to communicate different events. In this talk Ilkka Pirttimaa, developer, and Andre Louis, sound designer, explain how they use sounds to enhance the user experience.

This tune was composed by Rene to celebrate BlindSquare's 2 year anniversary. Solo 1: Ilkka Pirttimaa, Solo 2: Andre Louis

In this podcast Johanna demonstrates how you can use a bluetooth keyboard, a note taker, or a Braille display supporting Braille input to operate BlindSquare.