[access-uk] Re: Find your Child?
- From: "Keith Barrett" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:57:03 -0000
Hi George,
Looks an interesting idea.
I have attempted to use their "contact us" link to make the suggestion
but I could only get so far and got a page that windoweyes did not seem
to deal with.
Perhaps others may like to try this route.
On 9 Jan 2005 at 14:43, George Bell wrote:
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> You are quite right. There are two things here to consider.
>
> 1) SMS text is sent to your phone, ergo
> 2) Why could the SMS message not be displayed in addition to the
map.
>
> Seems to me that someone needs to approach these guys in the
nicest way possible, and explain
> howvaluable their facility could be to many more people if they were
able to make what in
> essence appears to be a very small change.
>
> In short, it could attract more customers. -- which in turn, hits them in
their pockets.
>
> George.
>
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Colin Fowler
> Sent: 09 January 2005 14:26
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Find your Child?
>
> Hello George,
>
> That's a fascinating article. Yet again; though, it would appear that the
accessibility for visually
> impaired customers has been forgotten. The location details are sent
to your PC in the form of a
> map? or an SMS to your mobile phone?
>
> Isn't it a great shame that apparently; possibly because of an oversight
we're denied the
> independent service of this people finder?Obviously if you're lucky to
have mobile accessibility
> then the problem doesn't arise, but what would be the difficulty in
adding theSMS text to the
> location map sent to your PC?
>
> Colin F
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George Bell
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:48 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Find your Child?
>
> Don't be put off by the Subject line. The bi-line was "Locate someone
with their mobile phone".
>
> And especially after recent verysad events in Cambridge, it caught my
attention.
>
> The latest "Windows XP: The official Magazine" (Page 48) carries an
article about software which
> allows you to find the approximate location of a mobile phone. The
cover disk carries a demo
> version of the software. More details at www.findyourchild.net
>
> However, I was especially interested in seeing the comment, "You
don't have to use a computer
> to locate a phone - you can do it from your mobile."
>
> With an accuracy of up to 150 Metres, it's not a GPS substitute.
However, I thought it worth a
> mention here anyway, especially since there's an option to use it with
your own mobilephone, as
> well as a PC.
>
> George Bell.
>
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Keith Barrett
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Bridgend
South Wales
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