Microsoft Soundscape - A New Navigation App for The Blind and Visually Impaired -Tutorial and Review
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2021
- Tutorial Start: 0:59
Real-World Trial: 5:36
My thoughts: 17:44
There's a lot of buzz going around about Microsoft Soundscape. Wonder what it does? Curious how it works? Want a quick easy tutorial and real-life tests to see its limits? You're in the right place, my friend! Stick around and see what Microsoft has in store in its new accessibility app for the blind and visually impaired. Follow me and learn the highs and lows. What are your thoughts? Is this an app you'll use?
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Thumbnail Description: A big Microsoft logo sits in the top left of the thumbnail. Text across the top reads Soundscape. Text along the bottom says Microsoft's navigation app for the blind and visually impaired. In the background, Tamara is crouched outside of a school building next to Patience who is wearing her harness. Tamara is smiling holding up her phone showing the app.
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When using Google maps I highly recommend making sure it’s set to walking not driving. It also makes it a lot safer.
Good tip! I usually do :)
Thoroughly enjoyed your demonstration and honest opinions of this app fantastic demonstration keep these demos coming really informative really useful thank you XX
I’m so glad to hear you found it so helpful! I’m always up for more tech reviews. Do you have anything in mind? I take requests ;)
Thank you! I am currently in OM training and testing different apps. Very helpful!
I’m so glad you found it helpful! Good luck on your 0&M training! :)
Great video! I just now started looking for more apps that I can use for orientation and mobility since I’m applying for a guide dog. Thanks for showing us how it works and for giving us your opinion.❤
My pleasure! Good luck with your guide dog application!
I had not heard of the software before. I used it for rowing. Worked well telling me where I was on a lake, distance to pier, and direction. Weird use, but it helped.
That’s very cool! I’m learning new things about it all the time. I never would have assumed it could do something like that. I may take it out next time I go cabling.
@@UnsightlyOpinions I tried the walking/moving with my iPhone, tied it to Apple Maps and my Apple Watch. That worked well for gross movement and has a tactile for coming to a road crossing. Using my AirPods Pro worked much better, but best was my Shokz open run pro wireless bone conduction headphones. Keeps spatial and you can mute with one touch. It’s weird when you run maps, watch, and headphones at first, but it isn’t that distracting.
I just started watching you, for the first time. Your voice & intonation is appealing on me. Nice positive pleasant sounding. Intriguing. Great presence. I’ll be sharing! Love assistive technology.
Thanks so much! I hope to do more adaptive tech reviews in the future. :)
@@UnsightlyOpinions does this app work indoors?
@@alexweinstein6417 as far as I know it is mainly for outdoors, although if the specific destination is mapped in the app - say somewhere like a store in a strip mall or indoor mall i can’t see why it wouldn’t work indoors.
Try Lazarillo.
hey! I am from Nepal, watching your videos. its so great to see these all activities thanks for posting.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you are enjoying the content. I’ve always wanted to visit Nepal. I’ve heard it’s quite beautiful. 😊
I just checked out your channel! Very cool content! I love the audio game you just uploaded and the tech tips!
As is usual with your videos, well done and exceptionally informative and useful. As for Microsoft, I have always considered them to be like the old Soviet union; big bulky and not very elegant and gets the job done by brute force! I do think there are some good points to this app but, as his usual with Microsoft, they have not really thought it through completely and their target audience needs to be considered more in detail. I think that they would benefit from A group of disabled individuals accessing and using the app before they put it out there for the public. Again though, your videos are great and quite useful. Thank you again.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment. I wholeheartedly agree. It is a little brute force. I also agree that there should be more of a beta period where people can test and give feedback And while I do like their other app (seeing AI) a whole lot for the day to day things. The functionality of other apps like Aipoly even with the free version is much more elegant and user friendly.
This was a good demonstration! It showed off the good points and the bad points of this application I have some new bone conduction headphones that I want to try and use with this application, I know the areas that I'm traveling in, but just want to see how the Beacon system works. This was extremely informative thank you for putting it out there
I’m so glad you found it helpful. I did try it with bone conduction headphones but it didn’t go very well for me. I’m curious to hear how your experience goes and then maybe I’ll need to try it again.
@@UnsightlyOpinions well, I tried this app with the bone conduction headset, and it seems to work pretty good. I live in a pretty small town but i will be going to the city soon, and I will update on how it works there.
What screen recording software do you use for this? Curious too if a simple error came in to play on this namely, right and left earpieces being reversed and hence Soundscape thinking the orientation was the opposite?
All I used was the built in screen recorder on my iPhone. While that is a good thought, we did triple check that the audio was in the appropriate earpiece. And for the most part while we were walking if it suggested something was on the left or on the right it was indicating that in the correct earpiece. It was only sometimes when a road curved or we weren’t travelling as the bird flies that things got complicated and confusing.
Great post. It would be great if Microsoft did reach out to you for a critique!
I would love that!
This was so cool! I actually am in the middle of editing a video I made a few weeks ago navigating with google maps too but who knows when that will be up! Soundscape seems interesting! I'll have to download it and give it a try! I can see it being a very useful tool for traveling in a more familiar area like a university campus when trying to find a new building. Thanks fro the review!
Oh, also, have you by chance ever tried an app called moveit. If it works in Canada it is definitely worth a try!
Yeah! Although it’s not perfect by any stretch I definitely think using it for going around a university is a great application!
I haven’t! I think it is available here. More cool apps to try out!
Hi, I just found your channel tonight and I am enjoying going through some of the videos.
I’m fairly new to navigating with my own M cane. I don’t use a guide dog just yet but I was wondering how this app worked as it seems like it would be good, but I’ve conceded with the problems that you were occur Means it’s probably not quite finished yet.
I had a different thought using your Google maps. What if you were to use the app Be My Eyes that way as you reached certain intersections and stuff you could use the Be My Eyes app to get a cited person actually help you in making us decisions as you use a guide dog I think the combination of the Google maps and the bee my eyes could be a good solution for you. Just a thought let me know your opinion thanks for the great channel, and I am really looking forward to seeing more of the videos that you’ve produced.
Hi John, I’m so glad you are enjoying the content. That is an idea I do use from time-to-time. Be my eyes is an awesome addition to your mobility toolbox. I have heard from others seeing ai is much better in other cities that aren’t as sprawling as mine and those who use a grid system so it may work better for you than for me. :)
im a low vision person very good kjob
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Hi, great review! I was hoping to use it as well but it’s not there yet. I’m curious what did you use to record? The phone audio is so good
Thanks so much! I’m glad you found it helpful. All I did was a screen recording using my iPhone. It captured all of the audio and visual information I needed :-)
@@UnsightlyOpinions Wow, I never knew about this! Did you have to use a software to sync up the screen with your voice and the video of the surrounding? When I recorded, the screen recording was on a separate file.
Yes. I use Final Cut Pro on my Mac to edit all my videos.
@@UnsightlyOpinions Good to know! Thanks so much! You gained another subscriber!
Thanks so much! Glad to have you join our little community :D
I couldn't find this application in the appstore. Would be grateful if you can post the link. Your videos are really interesting
Here is the link to the Microsoft website where you can follow the instructions to get the app. Hope that helps!
www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/
@@UnsightlyOpinions Thanks for replying and guiding. When I clicked on the link, it informed that this application is not available in my country. Any ways, thanks for your valuable input.
Too bad! I will let Microsoft know and hopefully they expand their regions soon.
@@UnsightlyOpinions Thank you
Please tell the developers everybody!
I just heard that they were shutting the program down! What a shame!