[gps-talkusers] Re: Earthmate, Magellan, BrailleNote and Pac Mate

  • From: Chris Westbrook <westbc@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:51:37 -0400


How do you get the earthmate receiver to stay on the shoulder strap?  The 
belt clip doesn't fit for the receiver, does it?  I thought the belt clip 
was only for the accessory pouch.
At 04:29 PM 7/22/2004, you wrote:
>Hi, List!
>
>Mike, I appreciate your soap box. I bought a BrailleNote QT back in 
>December and am looking forward to purchasing the GPS system to go with 
>it. I have to find some funds, first, though, before I can do this. 
>However, everything I can find out about the system before my purchase is 
>beneficial to me on how to work the system.
>
>I am watching the emails to learn as much as I can, and am getting more 
>and more excited as time goes on. I've never used a GPS system, so it will 
>be exciting and refreshing to be able to know how to get to somewhere 
>without having to find someone to ask instructions. Being blind and 
>hearing impaired, it is very difficult to understand the finger pointing 
>and vague explanations of where to go. People tend to talk too loudly 
>which distorts my hearing aids, or they talk so softly that they cannot be 
>heard over the traffic noise and other noises out on the street. Also, it 
>will be neat to give sighted drivers instructions on how to get to a place 
>when they are driving around in circles because they can't find the place 
>you want.
>
>Again, thanks, Mike, for your email.
>
>  Diane Garrett/Leader Ruby
>Email: dianegarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Phone: (918) 664-5731
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:46:06 -0700
> >Subject: [gps-talkusers] Earthmate, Magellan, BrailleNote and Pac Mate
>
> >To the question about the Earthmate's size, the receiver that goes on your
> >shoulder strap is about 2 inches square and an inch thick. There is a
> >separate battery/serial cradle that is twice that size and goes in the
> >accessory pouch of the BrailleNote.
>
> >There have been 2 Magellan receivers used with the BrailleNote. The first
> >was the 310, which did not have WAAS. The Sportrak does have WAAS as of
> >course does the Earthmate.
>
> >In addition to Chip's comments about the BrailleNote GPS verses some other
> >systems, a couple other points. The Pac Mate GPS to be out later this year,
> >is more like $500, but it doesn't do many of the things the BN GPS does. It
> >primarily is a Point A to Point B routing system and it appears to do a
> >good job of that. If you are already a Pac Mate owner, it is your only
> >option. If you are considering which PDA to purchase the BrailleNote GPS is
> >a very good reason to choose it. Four years of user input and 10 years of
> >experience with accessible GPS does give maturity to the BrailleNote GPS.
>
> >Many GPS systems for sighted folks understandably use arrow and click menu
> >driven user interfaces. Both the Trekker and Pac Mate interfaces operate in
> >this fashion. You can't just type Chord F, Starbucks and Enter to find the
> >location of the nearby coffee shop like you can on the BrailleNote. You
> >have to choose Points of Interest, then Restaurants, then Fast Food, then
> >arrow to McDonalds. On some systems, you can choose each letter, one at a
> >time. Think of the BrailleNote GPS as the Cadillac of accessible GPS
> >products but not everybody likes or needs a Cadillac.
>
> >After being on my soap box for 10 years about accessible location
> >information, I am very happy to see alternate accessible GPS products.
> >Choices are good for consumers and first and foremost, I am a consumer.
>
> >Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> >Michael G. May
>
> >CEO Sendero Group
>
> >Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS
> >Now distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T
> >tactile watch and the ID Mate, bar code reader
>
> >MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.SenderoGroup.com
>
> >(530) 757-6800, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
> >Sendero Group, LLC
> >1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA
>
> >Latitude, 38 33 9.239 North
> >Longitude, 121 45 40.145 West

Chris Westbrook
msn or email: westbc@xxxxxxxxx
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