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With the addition of screen reader technology, the Loadstone program can then provide oral instructions, letting a user know when to turn and when a destination is nearby, all with the help of clock-face directions.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013

Unlike, say, your iPhone’s navigation system, the Loadstone program does not have extensive existing data points; however, the Loadstone program allows visually impaired users to create their own personalized databases at a low cost.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013

Using his Nokia N82 cellphone, Hanson downloaded a Loadstone GPS system, which is a free, open-source application specifically designed to facilitate the mobility of blind and visually impaired persons.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013

Hanson then used tools on the Loadstone website—such as a route planner function—to generate checkpoints along the trail.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013

Nor is the vertue of the Loadstone, being lost, recovered by Goats blood.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton