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

Hi,
it can't be purchiced anymore.
Chris


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On 1/21/2005 at 05:13 AM Angelo Sonnesso wrote:

>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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