WeWalk App Gets An Update
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2024
- The WeWalk smart cane companion app has just gotten an update. With it comes a redesign of the user interface and a multimodal transportation feature. Fully accessible, the app allows you to search for your destination and navigate from point A to point B. Download the app here,
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I didn't know you lived in Lexington, I live close by in Winchester. I recently found out I have a condition called Retinoschisis and it is causing me to lose my peripherally vision and is slowly going towards my central vision. I have been watching a lot of your videos lately and it has been very helpful and informative. I have surgery in a couple weeks in Lexington to try and help it. Love the channel and what you are doing, keep up the good work!
Thank you very much Hong Kong is in Metro city it is working perfectly navigating everywhere thanks for the introduction God bless you
Fantastic!
Didn't even realize this was a stand alone app. Looks like my phone storage will go down just a bit today! Thanks for always keeping us up to date, Sam!
My pleasure!
@@theblindlife now, you have to pay inside the app to use it. I emailed them last night, it takes about 24 hours for them to reply.
@@theblindlife do you have to keep your phone outside in your hand or can you put it in your pocket if you’re not using the cane?
Thanks for keeping the screen showing us what you are seening and letting us hear what it said. The cane seems a bit short? Could you order it longer?
Hi Leslie! Thanks for your interest in WeWALK smart cane. Yes, we offer our WeWALK smart cane in 3 different sizes: 51 inch (129 centimetres), 54 inch (137 centimetres), and 59 inch (149 centimetres). You would just need to specify which size you prefer during checkout.
I do not use a cane, but the number of times I have needed something like this is countless. I have an iPhone and have found that Siri Maps is pretty horrible. I will definitely download this today.
Very cool I didn’t realize this was a stand alone app 😺 gotta go download that!
I definitely have to check that one out. Thanks for the demo Sam!
That’s awesome about the app thanks Sam for telling us two toes up
Whoa Sam, this cane is so revolutionary I like how it lets you navigate independently, I also like how it guides you.
Cool app, great review Sam...I really like the split screen while discussing the different aspects of the app!
Thanks!
Thank you for your helpful and informative videos.
This seems like a very helpful app I would definitely use!
Great video as always! I'm quite curious how the app knows about stairs and elevators?
This app does look really interesting though... I tend to get lost very easily when using google maps. So something like this might be a solution for me!
I love your videos you do a very good job explaining and I really would love to have one of these canes definitely going to download the app thank you
Does this unbelievably awesome navigation app work in cities outside the US border???
Someone commented that it works in Hong Kong.
Yes, in fact the development team is based in the Netherlands.
@@theblindlife I’m in S Korea and the app doesn’t seem to have any information for my place... what a bummer 😑
@@theblindlife how about in Mexico, does it work there?
Many many love from India's smallest state Tripura.you always make very good video wow nice,awesome,in hindi barriya
Thank you!
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Hi All, this, actually works in Scotland with very, very few issues. I will be trying this when this lockdown is over, as have many locations I fancy visiting. Thanks for highlighting this app!
That’s great, thanks for letting us know! I’m a little jealous, Scotland is somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit! Maybe something I will need to look into once we are free to go out again!
@@theblindlife you’re more than welcome, and the We Walk will get you to all the sights. Keep up the fantastic work that the Blind Life does.
This is really cool and works with my Focus14 and Mantis40 perfectly! This will become most helpful for when I am at a new pace with a Guide Dog shortly. Thanks
This was really awesome! Quick question, does this work in an airport? Like going from gate to gate especially in O’Hara airport or LAX????
Hi Lois! At the moment, our app does not work inside airports to get you from one gate to another. However, it would be a very useful feature so we will certainly look into if/how we can incorporate a feature like that into WeWALK app!
@@wewalktechnology I’ve had this idea for several years, but I am not tech savvy. Please keep me posted if this is possible.👍
Hey Sam.
Awesome cane and awesome app for the cane. The items in the app are sort of similar to the Sumu Band app.
Thank you Sam for this awesome video. Hope you and your whole family are doing well. Say hi to Skyler for me and also to Rachel.
Thanks for another geat video. I have been using the wez00m app everyday after seeing it on your chanel. I have Stargardts and use the buse system where I live all the time. About 2 years ago the added GPS callouts for the street but having an app tell you the nearest bus stop is even better. I have a question, do you know where to get an XYZ table like the ones they have on CCTV"s? I was able to convert my phone into a mini CCTV after watching another one of your vides but would like the XYZ platform to make reading easier. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thank you! I’m not sure about the table, I have never tried to find one. Perhaps Amazon has something that would work.
Thanks!
This app is great!! I like apps like this for use in headphones in an Uber. I can make sure I am being taken to the right place.
Thanks for the kudos, Tonya! WeWALK app also offers Uber integration to get you to wherever you need to go. We hope you enjoy using our app!
Can you change clock face orientation to cardinal directions? This is the O&M in me asking ?
It doesn’t seem like that is something you can do right now. However, the development team seems very eager to make the app as good as it can be. I’m sure they would be eager to hear that feedback!
Hello there! At the moment, users cannot change the clock face orientation to cardinal directions, I've shared this information with our development team to explore in a future app update.
@@wewalktechnology how about integrating both of them together? Both the Cardinals and the Clock Wise direction?
Is it my imagination or does the phone need to held horizontally (flat to earth), with the the top of the phone pointing at 12:00 for WeWalk to work properly? When I put the phone in my front pants pocket it seems to be off up to 150 feet and the direction of turn is wrong. Is there a hack if this is true? I do not want to carry the phone awkwardly.
Hello,
Is there any app to track bus arrival and destination in real-time?
Thank you
thank you your video's are verry helpfull
Willl you do another video that’s more about the cane specifically?
I don’t currently have any plans to make another video. My first video was more about the cane.
Do you have any idea if the weWalk app will be compatible and accessible with jaws and nvda on windows? Some pcs and laptops have bluetooth to configure with it so that's why I'm asking.
I use a power chair. I would need to find ramps as well? It would be nice if the app could act like a cane would find things like drop-offs such as curbs and to help you find exactly where a curb cut is located etc? I am legally blind and do have some eye vision but because I use a power chair with a tray on it I can't use a cane and it would be nice to use something that would act as a cane but would be like having a Mowat Sensor but all on your phone? I personally use directions like North South East West. It would be nice if this app could use things like, go north at your 10 o'clock position walk 30 feet then turn west? The app should count down the feet as you get to the corner and as you are going down the pathway if there is an item in the way it would use the camera to find it and let you know what it is and how much room there is on either side of it? It as well would be nice to have the ability to connect services and other apps within the same app such as Aria and Be my Eyes and use those features without getting out of one app to use another app?
Question is do we walk at three? Question can you use the app with a Guide dog?
Hello there! Our apologies, but we did not understand the first question regarding walking at three. Can you please provide more details? The app can be used with a guide dog as well. If you have any other questions, please reach out to our team and we'd be happy to answer them!
thank you Sam really nice of you to share this with us ,I do have a question i have been wanting a WEWALK for a while ,how ever a couple of O and Ms have said they can get very heavy,how do you feel about that?
It definitely is heavier than a standard cane, but it doesn’t seem that bad to me at all. In fact, the cane and rolling ball itself work so well that the cane just seems to glide along. So I don’t notice the extra weight at all. I think the extra weight would be something you would get used to pretty quickly.
Sir how do I get this application cation for android?
Hello Sam! My uncle has recently lost his eyesight and I want to get him this cane. His height is 180 cm; could you please recommend me a suitable cane height for him? The WeWalk cane can be either 129 cm, 137 cm, or 149 cm. He has never used a cane so I have no idea which height could be comfortable. And would you recommend this cane or the No-Jab cane that you're using? Thank you so much for your efforts on the channel! :)
The WeWALK cane may be more than your uncle needs at first. Will he be using all of the technology built in? You may want to try a normal cane first until he gets familiar with it. As far as the cane height, a good rule of thumb is to measure from the arm pit or the collar bone.
Hi Sam,
Nice video. Just a few quick questions... Firstly, were you using the smart cane you mentioned to work along with the app, or could you use a regular cane and be just as fine using the app as a standalone product?
Secondly, how does the app do in terms of if you're traveling in the car with a family member or friend, and you want to see where you're at or where you're going, similar to Google maps turn by turn directions?
And lastly, when you were doing the outside demonstration, what sort of equipment do you use as far as recording software and microphone?
Thanks.
Of course, the app is designed to work The bestwith the smart cane however, it works great as a standalone app as well. I actually haven’t tried it while riding in a car so can’t comment on that. The video of me walking around was just done with my main camera on a tripod. I used a Sarah Monic lapel microphone. The video of the phone screen was just done with the normal built-in screen recorder on my iPhone. It records the screen and any audio coming from the phone.
@@theblindlife gotcha...
So I don't know a lot about filming with a camera on a tripod while traveling, so was somebody behind you helping you carry the camera on the tripod while you navigated with your cane? Thanks bro.
No, I was all by myself. I would set up the camera on a tripod pointing at a section of sidewalk. Then I would walk down the sidewalk, turn around and walk back towards the camera while it was recording. Then I would edit out the parts I didn’t want. There was one shot where I held the tripod out in front of me with the camera pointed back at me. Then I recorded while I was walking. The shot might look like someone else was recording me but they weren’t, it was just me.
@@theblindlife gotcha. Well I really don't know anything at all about recording ones videos for RUclips without cited help, but I definitely appreciate and admire what you do as a blind person, coming from a fellow blind individual.
I play music for a living, and have done some videos on RUclips, but from what I understand you have to have about a thousand members subscribed to your channel to do live videos versus just posting them. you do a great job and I appreciate what you do for the blind community.
I really don't have a webcam or laptop, but would love to know how to bypass this just using my Android S10+.
Cheers.
Hey Sam
I'm a RP patient and I'm a musician so my main difficulty is I'm not able to see displays of instruments can you please help me with that
You can send me an email and we can talk about it, Sam at the blind life.net
@@theblindlife please provide me your gmail ID
However, you can’t do any of this in less you pay for a subscription. I have set up my account on the app, and although I don’t have a WeWALK smart game, I wanted to try to figure out how to use the app? However, I can’t unless I wanna pay a subscription right away. That is not cool, but it’s understandable. The account was easy to set up, though. I will delete the app, waiting for a time where I have a WeWALK smart cane.
Hello! I was wondering do you believe that people who are on Social Security can afford this type of technology? I looked up the Wii walk cane and it is $600, they can update the app all they want but for blind and visually impaired people living on a fixed income we will never be able to afford this product, why don’t you talk to these people about making a less expensive really economic cane for me? Why do all these products for the visually impaired and blind cost so much, I got a braille note touch that took me back for years at, $6000, there is no local program that will help me, they say I’m just blind and I don’t need the assistance