[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
- From: tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:50:02 -0500
Hi
No good for me then as I am in the UK!
Tony
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From: Kim Lookingbill <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:47 pm
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi: - No its really quite easy
to use, and you can use the cell phone as just the use of the KNFB reader
without being connected to a cell phone plan until a later date. However,
when you do choose to use the cell phone along with the KNFB reader it is only
available at this time with the cell phone providers; "AT&T" and
T-Mobile".
Kim Lookingbill
kim@xxxxxxxxxxxx (email or MSN
Messenger)
Blast From The Past
Sundays, 16 to 19 UTC
http://interactive.acbradio.org
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Sent: Saturday, February
21, 2009 6:38 PM
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Subject:
[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
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
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From: Kim Lookingbill
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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
=0 Aquite 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" nokia 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 blas
t
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 wan t 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 original KNFB 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
http://interactive.acbradio.org
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Sent:
Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:21 PM
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Subject:
[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi Mike
great story, what is a KNFB?
thanks
Tony
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From: alice dampman
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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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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
=2
0 have to pay attention to the data to
> make sure the little
streets, 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 on. 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
> kep t 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=2
0combination 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.
>
>
Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Michael G. May
>=C 2
> 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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