[gps-talkusers] Re: tips on travelling in vehicles
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:29:23 -0400
Hi,
When I use the GPS in a car I will normally focus on the next turn
information.
I would press T or BACCKSPACE with dots 2-3.
The above is a one handed command for the Braille keyboards.
Other people may have suggestions as there's more then one way to use
the system.
As far as your connecting, yes it is a good idea to wait up to 20/30
seconds before launching the GPS.
1. turn on the GPS receiver.
2. turn on the BrailleNote let them find each other.
3. wait 20/30 seconds and enter GPS.
Chris
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:09:56 +0100, Michael Weaver
<weavermicha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Is there any advice anyone could give me as regards using GPS in
>vehicles?
>I ask because yesterday I came back in a taxi from an event and I didn't
>use my usual taxi service so had to direct the driver using Braillenote
>GPS only I had a couple of technical issues as regards connecting and
>acquiring satalites and I only got a fix when I started moving.
>Am I still supposed to give the reciever something like 20 to 30 seconds
>before I press N so I don't get the technical problems and have to
>switch off the Braillenote and redo the whole thing again?
>Also when using the system in a car would it be better for me to have
>the thumb keys on so I can read the Braille display when being driven?
>I tend to find I have to give drivers directions in the area where I
>live even though my own knowledge of my local area is limited with me
>spending most of my life at boarding Schools and College and the amount
>of coverage which has to be done by something like one person as regards
>Mobility, meaning I think it is one person covering the Kirklees area.
>Even other taxi drivers think it is a joke about the fact I am having to
>guide in areas I have little knowledge of.
>I wanted a career in Computer programming but failed to get the
>qualifications because of serious bullying but I sometimes wonder if I
>should go for a job as a taxi driver instead despite being Totally Blind
>as it is a bit of a joke as to what qualifications are needed to become
>one in Huddersfield.
>It is not like my journeys often take me outside the Huddersfield area
>now that I am no longer at boarding School or College so I am not
>travelling to Worcester or Hereford like I used to do.
>I live something like quarter of an hour from Huddersfield bus station
>yet when my partially Sighted friend who I am hoping to have a
>relationship with dropped me at the taxi rank nearby, I still had to
>guide the driver.
>Despite its drawbacks I was glad I was carrying the Braillenote GPS even
>though my mate was wondering why I had it when we attended a Doctor Who
>event taking place near a shopping centre.
>
>
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Chris Grabowski
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