BATS
The following table lists the currently implemented and planned features of BATS. The planned features are always subject to change.
| Feature |
Version 3.0 |
Version 4.0 |
| 3D environmental audio |
yes |
yes |
| Tactile feedback |
yes |
yes |
| Spoken region information |
yes |
yes |
| Spoken layer statistics |
yes |
yes |
| Spoken directional callouts |
yes |
yes |
| Region focusing and unfocusing |
yes |
yes |
| Vector map data |
yes |
yes |
| 'Why did you do that?' help |
yes |
yes |
| 'What will you do?' help |
yes |
yes |
| 'What's going on?' help |
yes |
yes |
| User profiles |
yes |
yes |
| Sound Grid |
yes |
yes |
| Full Navigation with Joystick |
yes |
yes |
| Place/Find Mark |
yes |
yes |
| Distance from previous position |
no |
yes |
| Take me there navigation |
no |
yes |
| Text-to-speech pronunciation correction |
no |
no |
| By-sound selection system |
no |
no |
| Layer hiding and unhiding |
no |
no |
| Assisted navigation |
no |
no |
| Sticky tones |
no |
no |
Map Maker
The following table lists the currently implemented and planned features of the BATS Map Maker. The planned features are always subject to change.
| Feature |
Version 1.0 |
Version 2.0 |
| Shapefile layer import |
yes |
yes |
| BATS map loading/saving |
yes |
yes |
| GIS attributes import |
yes |
yes |
| User entered attributes support |
yes |
yes |
| U.S. state plane reprojection |
yes |
yes |
| Cascading stylesheet support |
yes |
yes |
| Color styles |
yes |
yes |
| 3D sound styles |
yes |
yes |
| Tactile styles |
yes |
yes |
| Callout styles |
yes |
yes |
| Speech styles |
yes |
yes |
| Label styles |
no |
yes |
| Pattern styles |
no |
no |
| Texture image styles |
no |
no |
| User-matched stylesheet support |
no |
no |
| User defined reprojection |
no |
no |
| SDTS, DFX, etc. layer import |
no |
no |
Known Bugs
The following list contains the bugs in BATS of which we are aware. Please report any additional
bugs to the BATS users mailing list at bats-users@listserv.unc.edu.
- JAWS and BATS both read dialog boxes
- BATS window does not always draw properly
- BATS window is transparent on some computers and does not draw a map
- There is no indication of when a map is finished loading for blind users
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