| Soundscape for Android
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| Author:
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Scottish Tech Army
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| Platform:
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Android
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| Status:
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Active
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| Language:
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20
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| Website:
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https://scottish-tech-army.github.io/Soundscape-Android/
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| Install:
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| Source code:
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https://github.com/Scottish-Tech-Army/Soundscape-Android
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| Programming languages:
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Kotlin and C++
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Soundscape is an Android app to help people with visual impairment explore and navigate the world. It does this by describing nearby features using mapping data from OpenStreetMap.
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Features
| Feature
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Value
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| Map Display
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| Display map
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yes
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| Map data
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vector
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| Source
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offline
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| Rotate map
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no
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| 3D view
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no
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| Shows website
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?
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| Shows phone number
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?
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| Shows operation hours
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?
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| Routing
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| Routing
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?
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| Create route manually
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yes
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| Calculate route
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?
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| Create route via Waypoints
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?
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| Routing profiles
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?
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| Turn restrictions
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?
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| Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing)
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?
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| Routing providers
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?
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| Avoid traffic
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?
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| Traffic Provider
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?
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| Navigating
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| Navigate
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?
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| Find location
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yes
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| Find nearby POIs
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yes
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| Navigate to point
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?
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| Navigation with voice / Voice guidance
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yes
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| Keep on road
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?
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| Lane guidance
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?
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| Works without GPS
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no
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| Navigate along predefined route
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?
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| Tracking
?
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| Monitoring
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| Monitoring
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?
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| Show current track
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?
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| Open existing track
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?
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| Altitude diagram
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?
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| Show POD value
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?
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| Satellite view
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?
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| Show live NMEA data
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?
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| Show speed
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?
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| Send current position
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yes;mail
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| Editing
?
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| Rendering
?
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| Accessibility
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| Accessibility support
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blind
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| Complete non graphics text output
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?
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| Braille interface
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?
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| Exploration modus
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?
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| Public Transport mode
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?
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| Danger Warnings
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?
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| Screenreader
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talkback;jieshuo
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| Screenreader languages
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?
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The design of Soundscape for Android is based on the original iOS Soundscape by Microsoft Research. It's designed to aid navigation and exploration by people with visual impairments. It does this by describing the nearby surroundings via audio and allows the positioning of "audio beacons" to aid navigation. Routes of beacons can be created which help guide the user via spatialised audio. The beacon sound changes depending on which direction it is relative to the user as well as panning around in the stereo field.