Hello: I am a trustee of the Visually Impaired Sailing Association (VISA) here in the United Kingdom. WE have just had a talking compass app developed to assist our sailors to steer to a heading and would welcome feedback from others on the app and to know if you find it helpful for sailing, other watersports, or anything else?
VISA Talking Compass allows you to set a target heading and then alerts you to deviation from that heading with tones or spoken directions. There are a number of user adjustable settings including level of precision and frequency of deviation announcements . It is simple to adjust the target heading while in use.
The ap concept was developed by and tested by blind people including myself and is intended to be used with Voiceover . If using tones mode you may prefer to mute speech or can use it without Voiceover.
You will find the app easier to understand and to use if you are familiar with compass navigation . The app is not a route-finder and is not link to map data. It does not require a network connection.
It is free and available on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/id/app/visa-sailing-talking-compass/id6777973857
An Android version is currently being tested, if you are interested in tah reply here and I can arrange to have you added to that.
If you would like to know more about the Visually Impaired Sailing Association our site is www.VISA-gb.org.uk
By Adrian H, 8 July, 2026
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