[access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:53:03 +0100
Hi Yusuf
One of the big bugs I've found when messing about with Ian's Trekker Pro
is the inability you have to edit names. If you want to edit the name,
you are as well clearing the entire field and entering data again.
Don't try going along the field and then inserting something extra,
because it cocks it up big time. Have you ever noticed that? We've
told Humanware about it, but nobody seems to understand what we mean.
I'd also like to see the mode in which you input data in text style
changed so that the letters go before the number, rather than the other
way round. If you input using text language on a phone, the letters on
your keypad always come before the number, whereas it's the other way
round on Trekker, and the reason why I always enter data in Braille
mode.
I hope it'll be possible to see Breeze at Sight next week. I'm there
for the duration, so here's hoping.
Jackie Cairns
Braille Support Adviser
Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sight and Sound Technology Ltd
Welton House North Wing
Summerhouse Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
NN3 6WD
Telephone: 0845 6347979
or
Telephone: 01604 798070
Fax: 01604 798090
Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Yusuf
Sent: 10 July 2008 12:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
I'm slightly behind on this one. I can't comment on any of the other GPS
offerings because I haven't actually used them. I've used Trekker for 5
years pretty much from the time it came out. for me its eas of use when
going out, I can use 1 hand to do all the things I need to, its free
mode, very useful when taking the dog for a free run in the park are
just 2 of its advantahges.
The maps come from Navtech and in my area Croydon I haven't noticed too
many street with no names. But this seems to vary from area to area.
The other big advantage to Trekker was and is the developers in Canada.
I'm a beta tester for them and they have always taken on board what I
have said both critical and positive. Many of the things I asked for in
the original Trekker have been implemented over the years. More than
this they listen to the customers. I've only had to pay for 1 upgrade in
the time I've had Trekker, some 5 years and its gone from version 1 up
to version 3.
If I were ever to switch there would have to be a lot of very good
reasons.
Yusuf
----- Original Message -----
From: "will lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
> if wayfinder had more POI and free mode, plus the ability to mar where
> you are as POI this woud be a total winner
> will
>
> On 6 Jul 2008, at 15:59, Dean Wilcox wrote:
>
>> Ah now the poste code support in Access in fantastic and is a big
plus
>> over Trekker, together with its versatility of being turned into a
GPS
>> for the sighted in an instant. I can be some use as a passenger
now!
>>
>> As for improvements, I like how Trekker says the intersection with
rode
>> a on your left, road b infront etc as your just walking along. I
also
>> love how Trekker lets you put a POI in where you are stood, I don't
>> think Access lets you do this? There is also the Trekker free mode
>> which can be handy but if your a good Access user you'll probably
get
>> used to checking where your nearest crossing or favourite is using
one
>> of the tabs. Trekker, in my view, is a slightly better system
because
>> it announces things automatically when your not in route mode and
there
>> are more one touch buttons. Wayfinder then beats it for me with its
>> size, versatility and postcode search facility. Oh and I carry my
phone
>> everywhere and Trekker, particularly in summer, can be awquard with
a
>> T-shirt, geans and no bag. I can't totally make my mind up between
the
>> two but I must say that the Wayfinder maps are comprehensive with
less
>> no named streets, something I hear Humanware haven't improved on in
>> certain parts of the country.
>>
>> Oh well sorry that turned into a bit of a bitty post but I hope you
can
>> make sense of it.
>>
>> At 10:14 06/07/2008, you wrote:
>>> Hi Dean, and anyone else,
>>>
>>> What does Trekker have that Wayfinder Access doesn't? I would be
vfery
>>> interested to know, first as a reseller of Wayfinder, so we can
improve
>>> it,
>>> but secondly having tried them both, I can't see much missing in
WF.
>>> In
>>> fact all the blindness solutions except Wayfinder Access annoy me
>>> intensely
>>> with their lack of postal code support.
>>>
>>> All the best
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Dean Wilcox
>>> Sent: Saturday 5 July 2008 20:44
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TREKKER BREEZE
>>>
>>> I couldn't have written that better about Trekker pro and Access
>>> myself! They both have their strengths and weaknesses but I've love
>>> to mix their features and then I should have the perfect package!
>>>
>>> At 20:06 05/07/2008, you wrote:
>>> >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
>>> >>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >>
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