[gps-talkusers] Accents in Proper Street names and Cities.

Hello everyone,

It has come to my attention that some of you may be confused about accents 
in BrailleNote GPS in terms of street names and cities.

For the USA the maps come with the accents stripped out (our map company 
did this), so you don't need to enter any accents in order to find the 
correct street address.

But for Canada, France, Germany etc. street names and city names do have 
accented characters and in order for you to find the city or street you are 
looking for you need to enter in the correct accented character.  I believe 
you need to switch to Grade II braille in order to do this, but someone 
more familiar with the BrailleNote may be able to confirm this.

Charles.

At 01:51 PM 10/4/2004, you wrote:
>Sorry for the mistake!  Here is the right French word:  Orl=E9ans.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Todd Patkus <tpatkus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:42:35 GMT
> >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: That site to find rural addresses
>
> >Hello, Ann,
>
> >There you are!  Still alive!  LOL
>
> >Are you sure it is spelt O r l e a n s, not O r l e a n?  Just want to ens=
>u=3D
> >re we have the right spelling here!  If you mean Orleans, then, that is a =
>t=3D
> >own in southeastcentral France with an e acute on the e of that name, pron=
>o=3D
> >unced as or-lay-ahn.  In French it is written like this Orl=3DE9ans.  As f=
>or =3D
> >the streets without lights, that is the same in southern Massachusetts.  I=
>  =3D
> >lived there, and it was sometimes difficult for some people to find (locat=
>e=3D
> >) the house I lived!  So, I understand what you mean by "horrible".  Smile=
>.=3D
>
>
> >Todd
>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxx
> >>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:46:58 -0400
> >>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: That site to find rural addresses
>
> >>Hi all,
>
> >>She was in Olean.  But she's on the border near the expressway.  Have
> >>to tell you, guys, that if it weren't for the GPS, we never would have
> >>found her house.  She lives out in the country.  The roads don't have
> >>street lights.  My friend who was driving was having a horrible time,
> >>but the GPS wasn't!  We found it, spot on, spot on!
>
> >>Ann P.
>
> >>--
>
> >>                      Ann K.  Parsons
> >>email:  akp@xxxxxxxxx
> >>WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> >>"All that is gold does not glitter.
> >>Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT

Charles M. La Pierre CTO
Sendero Group, LLC

Lat. 37 15' 25" N  Lon: 121 53' 04" W

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