[access-uk] Re: Anybody had experience of the Captain plus GPS unit from RNIB?

That's a shame with the end of Wayfinder Access for Symbian phones.


On 12 Feb 2011, at 03:56, Kevin Cussick wrote:

> I have and I can only say it's crap sorry to be so negative but there you are 
> that's what I found.
> 
> The voice command does not like the Scottish Accent you have to put a jumped 
> up English Accent on and even then if you are outside it doesn't work more 
> often than it does.
> 
> On 11/02/2011 23:34, Gary Robinson wrote:
>> I see in the latest new products publication from the RNIB that they are now 
>> offering a voice activated GPS product Captain plus at around £216.
>> Looking at the detail it seems Nuance have an involvement but there is 
>> little detail of the GPS receiver.
>> 
>> Has anyone managed to have a go with one of these devices yet, how does it 
>> perform.  I must admit to being sceptical aboutthe voice command operation 
>> especially in noisy areas etc.
>> 
>> Gary
> 
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> All The Best
> Kevin Cussick
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