[gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:

Can you still get GPS Talk?
How much does it cost?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:31 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:


> GPS talk was the original GPS for the blind.  Mike may created it.  It is 
> a
> system that runs in a lap top computer.  You use an external receiver, and
> an external key pad to control the system. You could put the whole country
> into the computer, so you could travel anywhere in the country and have
> coverage.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Angelo Sonnesso" <asonnesso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:00 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>
>
>> What is GPS Talk?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:59 AM
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>>
>>
>>> Thanks very much.  I had a trekker for a little while, but I couldn't 
>>> get
>>> Visuaide to put out a usable denver map togetyher.  They kept leaving
>>> counties out that I needed.  I don't have a braille note, so I haven't
>>> played with the most recent system.  I did really enjoy GPS talk because
>>> the
>>> whole country is in the hard drive.   Gerry
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:48 AM
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Actually, Jerry, the trekker is here but I have not put the Arizona map
>>>> on
>>>> it yet so as of thiswriting, no but I think with the situation I am in
>>>> right
>>>> now I am going to go with the Braille Note gps simply because 1, of its
>>>> ease
>>>> of use and 2 the choices afforded me e. g. using pois as destinations,
>>>> using
>>>> the getting warmer method and using a planned route.
>>>>
>>>> Mary Ellen Earls
>>>> Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:39 PM
>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Were you able to do similar things with the trekker?
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Robert Carter" <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:26 PM
>>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mary Ellen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for updating us. I think what you are doing totally rocks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert Carter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 03:11 PM 1/18/2005, you wrote:
>>>>>>>Hi all you gpsers!
>>>>>>>Peggy and I just got back from about 3 hours in the open and we did
>>>>>>>some
>>>>>>>marvelous exploring of our area.
>>>>>>>I can say without a doubt that had I not had my Braille Note GPS, I'd
>>>>>>>still
>>>>>>>be wandering among the maze of little streets in this subdivision.
>>>>>>>I found it quite fascinating as I walked along to hear the Braille
>>>>>>>Note
>>>>>>>telling me when a street changed its name.
>>>>>>>Also we have created some personal pois which have benefitted me
>>>>>>>tremendously.
>>>>>>>It was wonderful to answer that we were exploring and not lost and
>>>>>>>when
>>>>>>>we
>>>>>>>did get in a bind we simply set our apartment entrence as our
>>>>>>>destination
>>>>>>>and used the "getting warmer" method to get there.
>>>>>>>Super cool, that.
>>>>>>>I just hope I didn't look like such a bumbling idiot but the main
>>>>>>>thing
>>>>>>>is
>>>>>>>that the gps got us home not once but twice.
>>>>>>>Incidentally, one woman asked me where I was trying to go and I told
>>>>>>>her
>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>was going to get my mail and she happily said, "well! You definitely
>>>>>>>are
>>>>>>>going in the right dirrection."
>>>>>>>I am still having difficulty following routes and this is more 
>>>>>>>because
>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>lack of familiarity with the streets. I'll remedy that by virtually
>>>>>>>exploring the area and then won't be so unsure about where I am 
>>>>>>>going.
>>>>>>>Happy traveling everyone!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mary Ellen Earls
>>>>>>>Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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