[access-uk] Re: GPS stand-alone devices and iOS apps
- From: Saqib <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:56:50 +0100
Hi Jacky. I now place the iPhone in my front pocket of my jacket with it half
zipped up. It seems to work fine but the headset route is a better option all
round.
On 12 Sep 2013, at 13:49, "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi John
>
> If you do a lot of travelling, then yes it is a real help. I will just have
> to try and practice leaving my phone in my pocket and tapping it or whatever
> when I need to. As I use the fingers for this on my right hand, which is
> the same hand in which I hold my cane, it isn't easy, but it has been
> interesting to know what others do.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jackie Brown
> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of john gallagher
> Sent: 12 September 2013 11:11
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: GPS stand-alone devices and iOS apps
>
> hi jackie i remember using my satnav when playing chess in dublin
> with the apex it is actually strapped to you over a shoulder
> whereas your phone is so easily stolen but as steve says
> something like the walky talky saying the streets you pass with
> google maps so you do not need to do anything with a screen. i
> actually have the garmen glow receiver which works with the
> iphone this is an external gps receiver and i get much better
> results with this say on buses. if you clip it on to you it
> picks up better. maybe we could design a hat with a pouch for a
> gps receiver that would work better 1smile, smile. but of course
> when say tuning pianos i actually put the nearest bus stop in
> first to where i do the job then when off the bus i then get a
> route to the actual house. one idea i had using the android
> phone or iphone was to use my braille pen but again the infoe
> from the satnav does not always come up in braille and it's
> another device to mess with when walking around.
>
> i do wonder with the new iphones just to be released whether the
> gps chip set is any different in them. the sendero is brilliant
> but of course the cost is high maybe if they get it to come on
> the iphone over here that could be a solution.
>
> for me though gps has made a real difference to travelling about
> especially on buses where they can go round estates and how ever
> good you are it is difficult to truly know where you are.
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