[gps-talkusers] Re: state policy

Hello, Ann,
It was not disinformation.  I said GPS for the blind.  Without the 
BrailleNote, would that $800 GPS program be useful?  In accordance with what 
our friend Mike May has been saying, that GPS program is severely limited in 
the equipment and version it can work with.  If you want, call my message 
disinformation, then go pay your $800 for the GPS program and try to use it. 
  You can't unless you buy that BrailleNote, too.

As far as the receivers go, I have checked the ads for them and found the 
advertisements very misleading, not only by omission, but by 
"disinformation".  The I Guidance system looks good, but I don't know if it 
would work with the BN.  The system consists of a receiver and software, and 
the whole thing is available for under $200.  All you need is a laptop.  
But, if you are deaf-blind, forget that.  You need a Braille display, and 
that means big money plus being forced to buy either JAWS or WE because 
there apparently is no stand-alone Braille software.  I'm not sure if HAL 
can drive a Braille display, but I really like it.  It is from a Finnish 
company, the same country that produces the world's best cellphone, the 
Nokia.  HAL comes closest to being a good and useable interface for my GPS 
software.

You said there are several alternatives for GPS discussed on this list.  
What did you mean by that?  Right at the moment I can't think of any 
practical alternatives.  Perhaps you are thinking of the way it was done 
before GPS and is being done now, using a good memory and a cane or guide 
dog?  That would work, alright.  In fact, it has many advantages.

Let us try not to accuse each other of dis-information unless the other is 
really off-base.

Dick Myers

From: "Ann K. Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: state policy
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:08:43 -0500

Hi all,

Your information is skewed.  You are giving out disinformation, Dick.
First of all the BrailleNote does cost thousands of dollars, depending
on which model you buy.  However, the GPS program doesn't cost that
much.  It's in the neighborhood of $800.00 to $1,000.00.  The
receivers are indeed coming down in price, and this is reflected in
the lessening of prices for adaptive software.  However, in order to
use the GPS technology, the output from the receiver needs to be
adapted so that it can be accessed by a person who is blind.

If you read this list, you will soon discover that there are several
alternatives for GPS which have been adapted.  None of these, I'm
afraid costs less than say $700.00.  It might be well if you would
check your information before giving it out to determine if it is
disinformation or not.

Ann P.

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