[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
- From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:38:02 -0500
Hi Kim
thanks for that, unfortunatley I have just replaced my phone for a nokia N95
8GB, so won't be able to change it again for at least 18months, sounds a
fantastic bit of kit though, wonder what the uk price would be, maybe if I
start saving now by upgrade time i could be lucky! I;m still getting to grips
with a braillenote pk and gps!
Is the KNFB easy to use or does it take some getting used to?
thanks
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Lookingbill <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:21 pm
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi Tony: - The
KNFB reader is a fabulous reading tool (Oh just forget who makes it), it makes
all print material very accessible to you. The original, which came
out several years ago; my husband, who's very skeptical about new
tech products, when we went to see the product demo said "remember we're
just going to see the hottest new tech gadget; we're absolutely not going
to buy one". . . but by the end of the evening when everyone was
digging through the hostess freezer to see what it couldn't read, we were all
quite impressed, my husband even pulled out a old lottery ticket which the knfb
reader had no trouble translating. . . well, we walked out of the demo with a
purchase order, and haven't regretted it to this day. We now have a knfb
mobile which runs on the "N82" nok
ia phone because the original knofb
reader is no longer being upgraded. Its just as great, and much more
portable being in a very slim cell phone. Matter-of-fact for Valentine's
Day we went to the Embassy Suites Hotel and had a blast reading every
printed item in the suite which usally wasn't accessible to a visually
impaired person without asking someone to read. For example there was
a real small hang tag on the bathroom door knob which basically told you
they practice being "green". . . this meant: use the towel once and hang it up
and the maids will leave it to be used again. . . if you wanted a new towel you
needed to throw it on the floor in a pile. . . but without this
you wouldn't know the hotel's preferences. It was especially cool
when I was able to browse through the hotel's notebook of services on
the desk and know exactly what we wanted to order off the dinner room
service menu, instead of having to call and asking what do you have?
Yes, it may seem expensive at first, but it'll be the best money you've
ever have spent for your independence; especially if you want to read your
mail,
travel and want to know what everyone else is reading, or want to have
access to print material you found impossible unless asking someone to read it
to you. The KNFB reader will also read your paper money as well (if its US
currency). We were so attached to our original20KNFB reader that
we decided to keep it instead of providing it as a trade-in for a better
discount. Yes, the n82 is capable of running GPS systems, but we haven't
gotten that far yet. I'm still running my Sendero GPS from my braillenote
MPower. I have the GPS WaveFinder on my cell phone but do not find it
as reliable at least in our area.
Kim Lookingbill
kim@xxxxxxxxxxxx (email or MSN
Messenger)
Blast From The Past
Sundays, 16 to 19 UTC
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On Behalf Of tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 21,
2009 4:21 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi Mike
great story, what is a KNFB?
thanks
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: alice dampman
<alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat,
21 Feb 2009 5:01 pm
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to
wander
Hi,
Mike,
What a great story!
Do you use the cell
phone that the KNFB reader is on? What is the
provider?
Thanks.
Alice
alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <MikeMay
@SenderoGroup.com>
To:
"GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:
Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] feeling
free to wander
>I have often espoused that the real
value of GPS is not its ability
> to provide a route to a
destination but the fact that it allows you
> to "get unlost."
This means that you can comfortably become lost
> because you have
the tool to find your way back.
>
> I am reminded of
this tremendous benefit when I am in a completely
> unfamiliar
situation20and wish to explore. To make the challenge even
>
greater, put yourself in another country where a different language is >
spoken.
>
> I am in Barcelona Spain, staying in a
hotel on a major avenue called
> La Rambla. It is fun to stroll up
and down but if you want to find
> local food for reasonable
prices, you need to explore away from La
> Rambla. It only takes a
few blocks before you leave the wide streets
> and find yourself
in narrow alleys. It feels like some sort of
> Halloween Maize as
you meander further and further into the heart of
> the old
city.
>
> Thank goodness the new high sensitivity GPS
receivers pick up signals
> in these narrow places. You do have to
pay attention to the data to
> make sure the little20streets, which
are close to each other, don't
> get misreported. By double
checking the announcement of the street
> you are on constantly,
you can figure this out.
>
> It is amazing that these
very small restaurants, shops and bars are
> in the GPS database.
The system reports them to you as you go along
> including which
side of the street they are on. Be ready to duck into
> a doorway
if a car comes along. There isn't much clearance on some of
>
these streets.
>
> Besides using my GPS information on
my search=2 0for a lunch place, I
> was sniffing and listening,
occasionally ducking into a door only to
> decide it didn't sound
right, didn't have a good feel. Wonderfully,
> smoking laws in
Spain have gotten much stricter so you don't have to
> worry about
that as much as you did a few years ago.
>
> I heard a
couple of British ladies mentioning that they were looking
> for a
certain restaurant and I offered to help them out. I got them
> to
the correct street and we found their restaurant. It was too
loud
> for me so I kept exploring and picked one called Quo Vadis.
It is
> that last 20 to 50 feet to the destination that is
difficult. I knew
> I was close and I even knew which side of the
street the restaurant
> was=2
0on. I asked for sighted assistance to
find the actual door. They
> didn't see it at first but when I
insisted that it was close by, they
> kept looking and finally
found it.
>
> The waiter was pretty blown away when I
used the KNFB Reader to read
> the menu. I was trying to get him
to read it to me but he kept asking
> what I wanted and he was too
busy to take the time to read me the
> choices. There was an
English and a Spanish section of the menu. If
> there had been a
WiFi connection, I could have used the KNFB Reader's
> abi lity to
translate but there wasn't and I was afraid of the
> possible cost
of using the Internet through my phone provider.
>
>
When I was finished with a leisurely lunch, I set my hotel as my
>
destination and followed the pedestrian route created on my GPS
to
> take me back, quite easy. This was a far cry from the first
time I
> came to Barcelona in the 80s.
> The cool
thing is that you don't have to be a super traveler to enjoy
>
this kind of independence. It is the combination of tools, which
>
makes this all come together.
>
> Now I just have to
wait for the late Spanish dinner hour tonight to
> go out again
for another adventure before heading home
tomorrow.
>
>
M
ike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Michael G. May
>
> CEO Sendero
Group
>
> "The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on
the BrailleNote as well
> as Sense Nav and the new Mobile Geo for
Windows Mobile devices. Also
> distributing Trekker, Victor
Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks,
> Mobile Speak, Tiger
embossers, Miniguide and ID Mate
>
> Crashing Through,
a book about Mike May, by Robert Kurson, available
> at http://www.CrashingThrough.com ;
>
>
MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.SenderoGroup.com ;
>
>
1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
>
Sendero Group, LLC
> 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616,
USA
>
>
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