Hello, Ann, Thank you for trying your utmost to explain what swish is. We could "talk" in private e-mail. Okay? Todd > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxx >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 06:31:36 -0400 >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: V3 and look-around/pois >Hi all, >Todd, when the BN is doing something that will take it some time, it >makes a sound. The sound it makes is "swish". I am sorry, Todd, that >is the only way I can describe it. I don't think often about >describing sounds; you make me think this morning. At the same time, >the braille display shows numbers to indicate that something is taking >place inside the unit and that one should wait. Each time the number >goes up, there is a "swish" sound. It's like when an hour-glass >appears on a computer screen to tell you to wait. We don't see the >hour-glass, but we get the audible message "hour glass", or the >braille display shows "hour glass". Then you know to wait. The >numbers and the swishing in the BN with the GPS has the same purpose. >It tells you to wait while the BN is computing a route or whatever. >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