[access-uk] Re: tom tom

  • From: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:41:40 -0000

Yup, I got a Del too and its not that much larger than my phone, honestly, its 
not, not to me any how, heaveir I think.

Trace

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Nutt 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:57 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: tom tom


  Hi Trace,

  You must have a big mobile phone then.  It is quite a bit larger than, for 
example, the N70, especially if you use the Dell Axim, which is the PDA used in 
the Maestro device, sold with the Trekker.  it is considerably bigger than 
mobile phones.

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  From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Spring Flower
  Sent: 19 January 2006 19:19
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: tom tom


  It's not that much larger than a mobile phone. trekker I mean.

  Trace

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Nutt 
    To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:19 AM
    Subject: [access-uk] Re: tom tom


    Hi James,

    I am one of those who is very happy with Wayfinder.  The trick is to know 
Talks pretty well, as well as Wayfinder.  For example, as you are travelling 
along, just hit Talks Up Arrow to get your current location.  This will be 
reported as Next Street, Current Street, and the distance between in Y for 
Yards if you have that setting, F for Feet, or Mi for Miles.  It is not that 
Wayfinder doesn't work well, it is how you interpret the screens, but it sounds 
like you may need something like Trekker, which to me, is too big, and the 
amount of chatter it gives off would drive me crazy!

    All the best
    --
    Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
    Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
    mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
    Email:  Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk 




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    From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
James O'Dell
    Sent: 18 January 2006 22:52
    To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [access-uk] Re: tom tom


    Hi Terry

    I think Wayfinder might be the way to go with this if you want to try it, 
as Wayfinder is officially supported by Talks.  I have to be honest and say 
that I'm really not having much success with it.  The information it provides 
would seem to be more relevant to cars (even in pedestrian mode), and I haven't 
personally found the support of Wayfinder to be enough to get me around 
unfamiliar environments.  Whether this is just because I've led a sheltered 
life :) and did very badly in geography at school, because I'm expecting too 
much of it, because I need something a bit more "chatty" than Wayfinder (like 
the Trekker), or because the Wayfinder software really isn't up to much as a 
mobility aid, I can't say.

    I set up a list for people to discuss mainstream GPs technology and its use 
by visually impaired people, which you can subscribe to by sending a message to
    mainstream-gps-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    with the word "subscribe" in the subject line.  So far we have a lot of 
members and hardly any traffic, so either everyone else has sussed it and is 
quite happy, or there are a lot of people like me, the list moderator, without 
much of an idea.

    Hope this helps

    James
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: terry cooper 
      To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:40 PM
      Subject: [access-uk] tom tom 


      Hi
      Does anyone know whether its possible to use the tom tom sat nav software 
with talks, on the 6630?

      I can't get talks to speak anything when I go into the tom tom programme, 
that has been installed on my phone.

      The software does work, because my sighted friend is able to use it, with 
a Bluetooth gps receiver.  Unfortunately, talks won't speak anything.

      Any comments welcome.

      Terry



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