[blindza] Re: Humanware Trekker (Maestro) GPS unit
- From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <kccs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 14:01:56 +0200
Hi
You'll have to rob a bank to be able to buy that thing.
Kallie Swanepoel
Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer
Phone: +27 (0) 12-379-3762
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: 07 July 2007 01:40
To: BlindZA
Subject: [blindza] Humanware Trekker (Maestro) GPS unit
Hi all
Picked this up from NCTech (http://www.nctech.co.za/ ) today so that I
can
test it and see how it works.
FWIW, it's a fully functional GPS unit specifically designed for
blind/VIP
people, including a PDA unit that can also do some other things like
read
eBooks, play music files etc. etc., but which is mainly linked via
Bluetooth
to an actual GPS receiber so you can use the talking interface and all
the
rubberised buttons to 'navigate' everywhere in various modes including
pedestrian mode, motorised mode, finding points of interest, building
routes
based on addresses etc. etc.
Anyway, I've basically got it for something around 2 weeks to 'play'
with
and see how good the functionality is, and whether I'm gonna really
think
that it's 'useful' as such etc.
Anyway, I'll keep you up to date in terms of how good it works etc., and
for
interests sake, you actually use a small braille built-in keyboard to
input
data, but it can also be linked to various other bluetooth/computer
devices
so that you can, for example, link it to a full bluetooth keyboard, copy
music and eBook files across etc. etc.
Anyway, like I said, I'll let you know.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
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