[blindza] Re: Humanware Trekker (Maestro) GPS unit

  • From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:33:26 +0200

LOL.
I know it's a bit expensive, but for interests sake, I'm also going to test some 'free' software that's runs off of a cellphone with the Talks software on (which is what I already have), called Loadstone that basically also just needs an actual GPS device to link to via bluetooth, because just buying one of those is obviously a lot cheaper, but when I previously tested one of them, the software that it came with was basically a purely graphical thing so my cell didn't say anything to me while trying to use it, but, like I said, this Loadstone stuff is specifically designed to work with Talks, so I'll maar see how it goes.
Oh ja, the reason this message starts with LOL (laugh out loud) is that last year sometime there was actually a blind bank robber in the USA who walked into a bank with his cane, passed a note on to the cashier, and then apparently still walked out again across the parking lot with his cane and whatever money they actually gave him. Still hasn't been caught that I know of, and I presume he just threatened that he had a bomb strapped to his chest or something. 

Cheers

Jacob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <kccs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Humanware Trekker (Maestro) GPS unit



Hi

You'll have to rob a bank to be able to buy that thing.


Kallie Swanepoel
Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer
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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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