[gps-talkusers] Re: Netbook, iPhone, Android, GPS

  • From: "RandyZ. Pierce" <alaric02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:11:15 -0400

Now if only it had a feature like the KNFB reader for color identification and 
reading documents of a non electronic 
nature.  That is all which remains between me and a switch though I'll likely 
hold out until the March 'retirement' of 
Wayfinder Access.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Chao" <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:55 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Netbook, iPhone, Android, GPS


>I have used Sendero GPS on BrailleNote
> since version 3.5 on mPower and PK, used Mobile Geo and still have it
> and in last year have used two iPhones.
>
> And, my favorite and what I am using exclusively, not only for GPS,
> but an array of task, including identifying currency, products, bar
> codes, note taking etc is iPhone. There's LookAround, which can give
> you heading, address, cross street, city, nearby POIs; AroundMe,
> search for POIs based on category, name; have it open in Navigon,
> which is a great and powerful turn-by-turn gps app. Navigon is very
> accessible, feature rich and company is very open to accessibility and
> have been working with them in improving areas.
>
> All this on a mainstream solution, which is much less than Windows
> Mobile, and Mobile Speak which as of latest Windows Phone 7, which has
> been announced earlier this month and will ship November will not be
> at all accessible.
>
> A Windows version is good for the power, speed of route creation,
> virtual exploration, but isn't a mobile solution. If it was 2000 and
> we didn't have i Phone 4, which is as powerful as a netbook, I would
> go for a windows solution. Times have changed, companies, users and we
> all need to catch up with it or be left in the dust. These various
> things, which are being dropped, such as HIMS dropping GW Micro,
> Trekker, BrailleNote PK not having been updated in 5 years and so many
> others... iPhone, Android, iPad is the now and future... These are
> mainstream solutions, with built-in accessibility and many great and
> amazing uses for them. THey are the price of these SMA, which we have
> paid for and paid for, which are across the board, from GPS to screen
> readers.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On 10/22/10, richmail <richardsynnott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I also like the idea of using a netbook for many applications, for the
>> reasons you mentioned, as well as being a fraction of the cost of
>> specialised equipment. I am well known, to those who know me, for
>> vandalising things. Sometimes my modifications work, but on other ocasions I
>> end up ruining the piece of apparatus. Well for once, one of these
>> modifications has worked well for me.
>> My sister phoned me up to say that her daughter had dropped her netbook, and
>> that the screen didn't work any more. I gave her my laptop, installed my
>> screen-reader and other software on to the netbook, and snapped the screen
>> off. and it works great, and is really practical for carrying around.
>> The CF slot on my PK has stopped working, so I can't use the gps any longer,
>> so consequently I am now currently trying to decide whether to buy an iphone
>> or a compatible device that works with Mobile Speak, though I think the
>> postings regarding the Tomtom may have decided it for me, so thanks for
>> those.
>> Hope I haven't woffled too much.
>> Regards, Richard.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Keith (mteye)" <mteye@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:43 AM
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
>>
>>
>>> Wow, cool idea. A netbook, small, light in weight, flash memory so no
>>> power sucking hard drive motors. Fewer drains on battery means long times
>>> between recharge. Fast processing power. All the power of a full operating
>>>
>>> system, with all the usual apps. Drop in one of those extra authorized
>>> keys for speech technology that I already have for the desktop. Put on a
>>> shoulder strap, or streamlined cary pouch. Plus there's that route making
>>> tool that was announced recently for users of the 2010 products. How much
>>> more would have to be done to it to pick up the bluetooth link to the
>>> reciever, and process in real time? I'm thinking, not much but I'm not the
>>>
>>> software engineer.
>>>
>>> Using mainstream technology for price benefit, and plugging in
>>> accessibility. What a concept.
>>>
>>> from
>>> Keith H
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:32 PM
>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
>>>
>>>> I am hoping for a pc based sendero as well.  With a netbook coming in at
>>>> 2.3 pounds, and at the size of an apex, why not?  With windows 7 voice
>>>> recognition capability, you might be able to talk to your gps as well,
>>>> and for less than $300 in hardware to boot.  Add a bluetooth Braille
>>>> display, and you still are thousands of dollars under the cost of a money
>>>>
>>>> sucking proprietary machine.
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