[access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE

  • From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:19:11 -0000

Hi Steve, You can certainly use post codes as part of a POI search, although not as part of route creation. I think part of the problem is that the Navtech maps don't seem to have the full post code information. I've noticed that POIs listed on their database often have the first part of the post code but not the whole thing, EG SE10 1...
I'll certainly ask them about it, but its not something I've ever found myself wanting. Usually when I've created a route using an address I've had the number, street name and town. But I can see how it would be useful particularly as some locations are slightly oddly located EG places in Greenwich are counted as part of London where as I would have thought they should be separately listed under Greenwich. But if you knew the post code, Insidentally I was looking for SE10 the exact placing of the POIs either in London or greenwich isn't important. 
Yusuf
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE



Hi Yusuf,

Ask them to implement postcode entry then.  They seem pretty weak on that.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
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Yusuf
Sent: Thursday 10 July 2008 12:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE

I'm slightly behind on this one. I can't comment on any of the other GPS
offerings because I haven't actually used them. I've used Trekker for 5
years pretty much from the time it came out. for me its eas of use when
going out, I can use 1 hand to do all the things I need to, its free mode,
very useful when taking the dog for a free run in the park are just 2 of its 

advantahges.
The maps come from Navtech and in my area Croydon I haven't noticed too many 

street with no names. But this seems to vary from area to area.
The other big advantage to Trekker was and is the developers in Canada. I'm a beta tester for them and they have always taken on board what I have said 
both critical and positive. Many of the things I asked for in the original
Trekker have been implemented over the years. More than this they listen to 
the customers. I've only had to pay for 1 upgrade in the time I've had
Trekker, some 5 years and its gone from version 1 up to version 3.
If I were ever to switch there would have to be a lot of very good reasons. 
Yusuf
----- Original Message ----- From: "will lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE



if wayfinder had more POI and free mode, plus the ability to mar where
you are as  POI this woud be a total winner
will

On 6 Jul 2008, at 15:59, Dean Wilcox wrote:


Ah now the poste code support in Access in fantastic and is a big  plus
over Trekker, together with its versatility of being turned  into a GPS
for the sighted in an instant.  I can be some use as a  passenger now!

As for improvements, I like how Trekker says the intersection with  rode
a on your left, road b infront etc as your just walking along.   I also
love how Trekker lets you put a POI in where you are stood, I  don't
think Access lets you do this?  There is also the Trekker free  mode
which can be handy but if your a good Access user you'll  probably get
used to checking where your nearest crossing or  favourite is using one
of the tabs.  Trekker, in my view, is a  slightly better system because
it announces things automatically  when your not in route mode and there
are more one touch buttons.   Wayfinder then beats it for me with its
size, versatility and postcode search facility. Oh and I carry my phone 


everywhere and  Trekker, particularly in summer, can be awquard with a
T-shirt,  geans and no bag.  I can't totally make my mind up between the
two  but I must say that the Wayfinder maps are comprehensive with less
no named streets, something I hear Humanware haven't improved on in
certain parts of the country.

Oh well sorry that turned into a bit of a bitty post but I hope you  can
make sense of it.

At 10:14 06/07/2008, you wrote:

Hi Dean, and anyone else,
What does Trekker have that Wayfinder Access doesn't? I would be vfery interested to know, first as a reseller of Wayfinder, so we can improve 


it,
but secondly having tried them both, I can't see much missing in  WF.
In
fact all the blindness solutions except Wayfinder Access annoy me
intensely
with their lack of postal code support.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of
Dean Wilcox
Sent: Saturday 5 July 2008 20:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE

I couldn't have written that better about Trekker pro and Access
myself!  They both have their strengths and weaknesses but I've love
to mix their features and then I should have the perfect package!

At 20:06 05/07/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Carol
>
>Ian uses the Trekker Pro, but he also has Wayfinder Access on his
>phone. This is a general hobby for him, and he thinks the whole
>thing would be better if he could pick things from Trekker and
>Wayfinder Access, and have them rolled into one decent product.  He
>says Trekker Pro has got some real bugs in it, but he uses both
>quite a lot just to find out where he is and putting his own
landmarks in.
>
>I'll be at Sight Village this year, so I'm hoping to perhaps have a
>look at Trekker Breeze at some point, just to report back to Ian as
>he is interested in it.
>
>Incidentally, if any of you are going to Sight, please come and say
>hello to me as it would be nice to put voices to the many of you I
>have written to on and off list over the months.
>
>Jackie
>
>Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
>Skype Name: Cairnsplace
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson"
><carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Access UK Mailing List" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 6:36 PM
>Subject: [access-uk] TREKKER BREEZE
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>My husband's thinking of getting the Trekker Breeze which I
>>understand is somewhat of a cut-down version of the GPS software
>>used with the BrailleNote family of products.  If anyone uses this,
>>I'd be interested in your observations, likes and dislikes and to
>>know how you use it (I mean, for what purposes you find it works
for you).
>>
>>--
>>Carol
>>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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