[access-uk] Re: navigation guides was TALKING PICTURES (and In Touch 1st August) and everything

["Gordon Keen" <gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think it has to be too expensive, with the adoption of rfid 
technology within the retail industry the cost of such devices based on unit 
costs ought to become negligible.   The costly part of the system would be 
in developing a talking reader and if the access technology industry get 
their hands on the project then most blind people will be priced out of the 
field as it will become just another of their milch cows.
    The only way for an affordable devvice is for the open source community 
to take up the challenge and make the devices ubiquitous.

Cheers!
Gordon
From glorious Devon, England
email: gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "access-uk" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: navigation guides was TALKING PICTURES (and In 
Touch 1st August) and everything


| Hi Ray, I want to take up your last point on the blinkeys waving a fob 
like
| device and a speaker on a lamp post making an announcement.
|
| When I first read about GPS devices and their potential use for the blind 
in
| 2002, the article spoke of a future where the GPS network would be linked 
to
| a series of ground based stations which would not only provide better
| accuracy but also navigation assistance inside buildings. As part of this
| system all shops would have a chip which would broadcast not only the name
| of the shop but also provide information on any special deals.
|
| All this information would be provided to the user through their own GPS
| system, or perhaps navigation system would be a better name since the 
device
| I am thinking of would incorporate more than just GPS. Of course the
| potential is limitless, information such as location of counter, whether
| there is a lift or an escalator, names of staff etc could also be 
provided.
etc 

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• References:
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