[access-uk] Re: Telorion and GPS
- From: john gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 11:43:43 +0100
hi list and jackie yes this is the good thing about tellorion gps you just go
in to the gps and you can work it just like the treker it will just say up
comming streets i have just tried the sendero one on the iphone and took the
dogs to the park for a run on the way back i put in a pedestrian route back to
home and hell it is great now next time i will do a route with the samsung s 3
with the tellorion now i am not sure whether it goes to the google maps and
does the route from there. i must say the ocr on tellorion is the best i have
seen yet on a phone though again with the s 3 the camera is so powerfull it
makes all the difference. yes though never having the knf reader because of the
price because the samsung is such a good phone tellorion ocr works very well
must try it out next week as i have a very steady week regarding work. so i can
play around with everything to get more used to it. so, to some up you can have
the gps on just saying where you are and what is coming
up. maybe we should invent a hat where you can place your phone in it but
knowing my luck it would get windy and blow the damn thing off.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Brown <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, 11 May 2014 11.05 am
Subject: [access-uk] Telorion and GPS
>
>
> Hi John, Vince et al
>
> Presumably Telorion works with something like AfShokz or the Bluez
> version on the S3 or S4 Mini? And does Telorion GPS tell you what you are
> passing and coming up to? Everything so far seems to rely on the user
> swiping to glean information, and I just can't get the hang of doing it on a
> touchscreen which is in my pocket with one hand holding a dog or cane.
> Worse still, as I use my right side for both cane or dog, and same hand for
> swiping, it is a real pain in the proverbials to try doing this with my left
> fingers. So if I could just put on my bone shakers and set the phone to
> GPS, it would be good to have it announcing junctions, street names or house
> numbers as you walk without having to faff too much. I quite like Trekker
> Breeze in this regard, but it is very out-of-date now sadly, not to mention
> bulky.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jackie Brown
> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
> Skype: Thejackmate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> john gallagher
> Sent: 11 May 2014 10.16
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Thanks for info on SmartVision
>
> hi vince this is truly truly very interesting and always a wory when for a
> totally blind person carrying your devices around with you. where ever we
> are we are vunerable and again i am so fortunate to have the means of
> reading braille on a very very small device whereever i go. satnav is vital
> for me in my life as i tune pianos and go off to chess tournaments. it is
> very interesting to hear other people's comments to the way they get around
> this difficulty as if i walk about i have grace on my left in harness or
> generally now a lot of the time tuning i do get a lift where i can use any
> satnav in a car. with either georgie tellorion or the new sendero gps on the
> iphone the difficulty when walking about in noisey conditions is to how we
> receive info from the phone. when i walk with the dog i either have the
> phone in a top jacket pocket connected to the braille device which is
> strapped over me or if i am finding say 23 leeds road i have the phone in my
> right hand listening to ho
> w near the destination i am. but i think vince you have brought up a very
> good point about using these devices with regards to them maybe being
> stollen whilst we walk about. but again tellorion is very very good indeed.
> their gps i just leave on with the phone in a jacket pocket so i can hear
> which road i am coming up to. hth.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, 11 May 2014 2.24 am
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Thanks for info on SmartVision
>
> >
> >
> > Have a listen to Steve Nutt's podcasts about the TelOrion. Seems very
> impressive, but there are issues about using it with headphones that concern
> me. Given that I wouldn't want to go through the streets parading 500
> quidsworth of phone, it would have to live somewhere hidden with
> bone-conducting headphones. I deally I'd be able to use a phone with one of
> those headsets that includes a microphone for giving voice commands, but I
> don't know whether this would rule out Tel Orion at the moment.
> >
> >
> > Evidently Mr Nutt is chasing up the headphone sbug, so let's hope it can
> be fixed before long.
> >
> > Vince.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ========================================
> > Message Received: May 11 2014, 12.40 AM
> > From: "Clive Pallett"
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:
> > Subject: [access-uk] Thanks for info on SmartVision
> >
> > Hello Jackie,
> >
> > Thank you very much for posting the link for the SmartVision phone. I see
> it
> > is running on android 4.0, which, by the way, is an older version than
> > Telorion currently supports.
> >
> > As for Telorion, my wife Moray and I first saw this demonstrated at the
> sight
> > Matters exhibition run by KAB in folkestone last September. We were
> > immediately impressed and Moray bought her Galaxy S4 Mini last month. She
> has
> > some sight, so uses Zoom, the magnification part of Telorion. I have used
> Vox
> > with the keypad with some success, but I need to get used to typing on the
>
> > screen through the holes which is quite different from using a physical
> > keypad.
> >
> > From the short demonstration I heard about the SmartVision phone I am
> > wondering if I may find this easier to use than a phone running Telorion.
> > Also, the price is #495, a little less than a Telorion phone.
> >
> > From your comments, Jackie, I take it you are not impressed with the
> Kapten
> > GPS products, and smartvision uses voice recognition as one means to
> control
> > the phone's features. Telorion also has voice recognition but you must be
> > connected either through a wireless network or your phone's network to use
> it.
> > We have had some fun with Moray's phone with some interesting results.
> >
> > I will keep my options open for now, but as Moray already has a phone
> running
> > Telorion, I think at the end of the day I will go with that, bearing in
> mind
> > it is frequently updated, all updates are free and there are plans to
> support
> > newer phones and later versions of Android.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Clive Pallett
> >
> >
> >
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