A new app asks crowds to help map bus stops for the sightless – The Boston Globe

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A new app asks crowds to help map bus stops for the sightlessThe Boston GlobeCrowdsourcing, of course, is what happens when we post restaurant reviews on Yelp, or correct the turn-by-turn instructions delivered by Google Maps. With Blindways, Perkins wants to recruit crowds of sighted Bostonians to precisely map the area around … map app – Google News… more →
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Scones and snails help app to map accents and dialects – BBC News

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BBC News Scones and snails help app to map accents and dialectsBBC NewsThe way people pronounce the names of baked goods could help academics find out how regional accents have changed. A new app, English Dialects, developed at universities in Cambridge, Zurich and Bern, asks users how they pronounce words …English Dialects app guesses where YOUR accent is fromDaily MailWhere in England is your accent from? This app can tell youTelegraph.co.ukDo you say splinter, spool, spile or spell? English Dialects app tries to …Phys.Orgall 8 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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Your phone can help you map and app your way through Thanksgiving roads … – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Your phone can help you map and app your way through Thanksgiving roads …Minneapolis Star TribuneTraveling by plane, train or automobile can be a headache. Mixing in Thanksgiving can make it a throbbing migraine. Technology provides some pain relief in the form of apps to let you know which roads are clogged, what gate your flight leaves from and …and more » map app – Google News… more →
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