[gps-talkusers] Re: state policy

Just to clarify my IGuidance comment was directed at the comment that stated
that there was no good gps systems for the sighted under 1500 - 3000.  It is
not useful to a blind or deaf blind user.  It was my 2 cents in a lively
conversation.  I find this thread very interesting and hope it doesn't get
personal.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Myers" <dkmyers28@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: [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.
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>
>
> (8):[(8)
>
>
>
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