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Subject: Fred's Head Companion - American Printing House for the Blind
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Flight Tracking: Listening to Air Traffic Control Online
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009 01:01 PM CST
You can listen to all communications between a control tower and it's
incoming airplanes or even track an airplane from the beginning of it's
flight to it's arrival.
By live feed from a satellite you will know the planes current altitude
and speed, where it is located and a glimpse at the approximate time of
arrival. The mapping of flights in real-time is based on the air traffic
control system.
There are no costs or restrictions in doing so and many official
websites are starting to provide the service. This can come in useful
when curious about a family members flight, or when anticipating an
arrival without knowing of it's progress.
Air traffic control (ATC) is responsible for providing crucial
information to pilots around busy airports. They communicate with pilots
on designated radio frequencies to keep airport operations running
smoothly and safely.
While every airport varies, terminal controllers usually handle traffic
in a 30 to 50 nautical mile (56 to 93 km) radius from the airport.
Using the Internet you can also listen in live to aircraft radio chat
between planes and the control tower, and plane to plane traffic.
Hear what happens behind the scenes at some of the world's busiest
airports. Listen to live transmissions between air traffic controllers
in the airport tower and pilots landing and departing from the airport.
Call signs in aviation are derived from several different policies,
depending on the type of flight operation being conducted, and depending
on whether the caller is an aircraft or a ground facility. In most
countries, unscheduled general aviation flights identify themselves
using the call sign corresponding to the aircraft's registration number
(also called N-number in the US, or tail number).
Click this link to listen to live aircraft radio traffic:
http://www.liveatc.net <http://www.liveatc.net>.
Article Source:
http://www.disabled-world.com/entertainment/hobby/flight-tracking.php
Hassle Me By Email or RSS
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009 10:55 AM CST
Do you struggle sticking to your workout plan? Or remembering to call
your grandmother? At times we all need a little reminder. Some use post
it notes, Outlook tasks or maybe your spouse gives you constant
reminders. Many of us will try just about anything to keep track of our
to do lists.
Hassle Me offers their service free of charge via email. Simply type in
the message you want to be reminded about and they will "hassle" you
with an email as often as you'd like. Maybe you have it all together and
don't need any help, but I think this could be useful.
Click this link to visit the Hassle Me website:
http://www.hassleme.co.uk <http://www.hassleme.co.uk>.
ReminderFeed
ReminderFeed is a simple tool that allows you to send reminders right to
your feed reader. It's free to use and is pretty much hassle free,
meaning you don't need to create an account to use it. Just type in what
you need to be reminded of, and subscribe to the RSS feed.
You will need to give your reminder a title, a start and end date, and a
description. Optionally, you can also add a link and include a password
if you want to protect edits to your reminder. ReminderFeed will then
generate an RSS feed that you can subscribe to and share with others.
It's a great way for anyone to quickly set up a reminder that won't get
lost in your inbox or sent to your already overloaded calendar. It's
great for families on a busy schedule too!
Click this link to visit http://www.ReminderFeed.com
<http://www.reminderfeed.com>.
The Deaf Blind Communicator
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009 09:08 AM CST
The Deaf Blind Communicator (DBC) is the latest product from Humanware
for the BrailleNote family of notetakers. It turns any existing
BrailleNote into a communications solution for someone who is deaf blind.
The Deaf Blind Communicator allows you to engage in several types of
conversations. These include standard TTY calls, PC to BrailleNote
conversations using a telecom program on the computer, DBC to DBC
conversation for two nearby BrailleNotes running the DBC via Bluetooth,
use of messaging services, text messaging, and face to face using the
Smartphone provided. In the case of instant messaging, the BrailleNote
will need to have a connection to the Internet as well as information
for accessing a XMPP messaging server. For texting to be available, a
SIM card will need to be present in the DBC Companion Smartphone.
The provided Smartphone is referred to in DBC documentation as the DBC
Companion. There is no screen reading software on this phone, and it is,
for all intents and purposes, inaccessible to a blind user. Through the
software installed on the phone, though, the BrailleNote communicates
with the phone and does provide the user with the phone's battery status
when you check the BrailleNote's power. When you start a face to face
conversation, the phone vibrates and repeats an audible message telling
the sighted user that the blind person cannot hear and asking them to
have a conversation with them using the mobile device. The person
holding the phone slides it open to reveal the keyboard, and types
messages that appear on the BrailleNote. When the user of the Braille
Note types a message, it appears on the screen of the mobile phone. This
mobile phone is also used as a means of notifying the deaf blind user
when the phone line connected to the Braille Note is ringing. This
allows them to answer TTY calls that come in.
Click this link to read a review of the Deaf Blind Communicator by the
National Federation for the Blind (NFB)a
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=405>.
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