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

You can't get new any more.  Some of us might have it and want to sell it, 
but the map data is about five years old.  It was the prediseser to the 
Braille note GPS.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris G" <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:15 AM
Subject: [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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