Jackie,
I think I should point out that I have not seen the Breeze myself. I
am going by the brochure information. I think I got the price wrong
as well. Not sure but I think it is £485 not £385 but we will no
doubt find that out shortly.
David
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Of Jackie Cairns
Sent: 06 July 2008 09:46
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
Thanks David, that's very useful to know. I agree that, in part,
Trekker Pro is a bit clumsy to work with in terms of the way you have
to enter information. You have to remember to do an enter to accept
every Braille keystroke, and if you opt to turn the keypad into a
mobile-style layout, the number always comes first, with the letters
after, and that completely threw me. Why they couldn't have made it
like you were writing standard texting language is beyond me, but
never mind. Also, there is a massive bug where, when you try to edit
a name, for example, it gets all confused because it puts
contractions in where you only want to insert a letter. It's maps
are also incredibly out-of-date, so you get an awful lot of "unknown
street name", so I would like to see this feature improved upon in
the Breeze.
Just my few pennies worth (smile).
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 9:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
Carol,
There are a few differences. Firstly the part which picks up the
satellite
signals is contained within the trekker unit itself whereas before
it was connected separately. Secondly the unit is a good deal
smaller. Finally, it is about half the price, £385 I believe.
Simplicity of operation is also a main difference. I have used
Trekker and
do not find it particularly intuitive. Having said that, others get
on well
with it and love it. I believe there are only four or five keys on
the new
Breeze which is far fewer than trekker/maestro.
David
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 05 July 2008 20:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
Hi Jackie,
So what's the difference between the PRO and the BREEZE version, do
you know?
I'm so sorry we won't be able to make Sight Village again this year
... but
perhaps some time.
--
Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:06 PM (UK time), Jackie Cairns at
cairnsplace@xxxxxxx said:
Hi Carol
Ian uses the Trekker Pro, but he also has Wayfinder Access on his
phone. This is a general hobby for him, and he thinks the whole
thing would be better if he could pick things from Trekker and
Wayfinder Access, and have them rolled into one decent product. He
says Trekker Pro has got some real bugs in it, but he uses both
quite a lot just to find out where he is and putting his own
landmarks in.
I'll be at Sight Village this year, so I'm hoping to perhaps have a
look at Trekker Breeze at some point, just to report back to Ian as
he is interested in it.
Incidentally, if any of you are going to Sight, please come and say
hello to me as it would be nice to put voices to the many of you I
have written to on and off list over the months.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access UK Mailing List" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 6:36 PM
Subject: [access-uk] TREKKER BREEZE
Hi all,
My husband's thinking of getting the Trekker Breeze which I
understand is somewhat of a cut-down version of the GPS software
used with the BrailleNote family of products. If anyone uses this,
I'd be interested in your observations, likes and dislikes and to
know how you use it (I mean, for what purposes you find it works
for you). --
Carol
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