[gps-talkusers] BrailleNote GPS on other platforms?

Hi!



I'm new on this list, so I don't know if this question has been discussed here 
earlier. My question is if there are any plans or thoughts of making 
BrailleNote GPS available for other platforms than the BrailleNote. Here in 
Norway I don't think anybody uses the BrailleNote. There is no tradition here 
for using notetakers. People get portable PC's with braille displays and a 
screenreader from the social service system. The social service system also 
pays for screenreaders like Talks or Mobile Speak for mobile telephones.




I've tested Trekker and Wayfinder, and my opinion is that for me, who are 
totally blind Trekker gives much better information than Wayfinder. I'm working 
on a national resource centre for the blind, and I've also shown Trekker and 
Wayfinder for people that have visited our centre. Most people say that they 
prefer Trekker, but they also say that they wish that they could have used it 
on their mobile phone because they always have their mobile phone with them.




I've read through the manual for BrailleNote GPS, and it seems like this 
program has many functions and possibilities that you don't find in Trekker. 
Therefore I think it would be very interesting if the program could be used on 
other devices than the BrailleNote. The last year there have come two 
screenreaders for the Pocket PC operating system, - Mobile Speak for Pocket PC 
and Pocket Hal. In the near future these screenreaders will also work on the 
mobile edition that is used on smart phones. I'm not a programmer so I don't 
know how difficult it would be to make BrailleNote GPS available for other 
devices than the BrailleNote, but since BrailleNote is based on Windows CE I 
suppose it's easier to make a version for the Pocket PC operating system than 
it would be to make an edition for the Symbian operating system. But if it's 
possible to make a version for Symbian phones, I think that would be even 
better because a lot of people already have phones with Talks or Mobile Speak.

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