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Nearest intersection: Main Street and Twelfth Street, about 150 feet to your northeast, at your 2 o’clock.
That is what CurbCues says when you press a button. Three large buttons fill the screen. Press one and listen. There is no map to read, no menu to navigate, and nothing to learn.
Three buttons
Intersection
The nearest street corner, with how far away it is and which way to walk. When the compass is reliable, you also get a clock direction relative to the way you are facing.
Nearest intersection: Oak Street and Fourth Street, about 200 feet to your east, at your 3 o’clock.
Address
The nearest building number and street name, then the number again one digit at a time. Useful when you are reading your address to a driver, a delivery, or a dispatcher and cannot afford to be misheard.
Nearest address: 1204 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Number: one, two, zero, four.
Food
The two or three closest restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores, each with distance and direction. It starts with what is walkable and only widens the search if nothing is close.
Nearby: one, Franklin Market, a grocery store, about 300 feet to your southwest.
Repeat mode
Turn on Repeat and CurbCues repeats your last button automatically as you walk, with a fresh location each time. Choose an update every 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 2 minutes. The button that is repeating gets a white ring around it.
Built for listening
- Heard, not seen Announcements play even when the ring switch is set to silent, and lower your music instead of stopping it.
- Honest about accuracy If the GPS signal is weak, CurbCues says so instead of reading out an answer it is not sure about.
- Speech speed you choose From 0.75x to 2x, with a spoken preview before you save it.
- Full VoiceOver support Every control is labelled, and every button carries a hint describing what it will say.
- High contrast by default Black and white throughout. No colour is ever the only way to tell two buttons apart.
- Nothing to sign up for No account, no tracking, no ads. Your location answers your question and is not stored.
Get CurbCues
CurbCues is free on the App Store for iPhone.
CurbCues is a companion, not a substitute. It works alongside a cane, a guide dog, and your own orientation and mobility training — it does not replace any of them. Always use your own senses and judgment when crossing streets.