[access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE

Hi Ron
Oh it's taxis all right, some of the drivers are a nightmare, while others are great. It's just hit or miss who you get!! 

Jackie

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----- Original Message ----- From: "ron sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
Jackie, if you mean taxi drivers, they should know where you live if you give them the address? they should have been given a test when they took the job and they should be able to read a map. A lot of taxis have a Tom Tom installed as 
well.

Of course if it is not taxis then I apologise, enlighten me....

Regards

Ron
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:55 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE


Hi Saqib

I've been getting orientation around my home, and the lady who has been
assisting me is absolutely brill and fun to work with. But it's just trying to direct drivers to where I stay that has been a nightmare, and I'm afraid 
one such driver was so bad today that I ended up crying because I couldn't
make him understand where I lived. In the end we got there, but I was a bit 
upset by the time I got home.  It's for that reason that I might need to
think about something, just to give me some pointers.

Jackie

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib" <saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:12 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE



Hi Jacky. Are you getting mobility training around your home area and
routes from home to work. I think the sooner you get trained up the better 
so you don't have to put up with the hassle of getting lost in these
taxis. I think these people should be made to take a local geography test
before being allowed to work as taxi drivers. It's an awful feeling when
you can't direct them even if you knew the route from using a bus.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 5:41 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE



Hi Yusuf
I could certainly do with something at the moment to help the bloody taxi 
drivers round Northampton to know where to drop me off.  I've had some
situations where they've got completely lost taking me home, and I've
ended up actually in tears because it hasn't been possible for me to give 
proper directions to where I stay, or their command of English isn't
adequate enough.  A lot of them do use SatNav, but a lot of them think
they know where to go until they lose the plot completely! (lol).

I am beginning to think one or the other of what Ian uses might be an
idea right now (smile).

Jackie

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:19 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE



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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Dean Wilcox
Sent: Saturday 5 July 2008 20:44
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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
>
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson"
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>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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