Hi. Isn't Navigon available on the Symbion phones? It was roomoured to be so in the near future. Whether that materialises is there for all to ponder and see. I am using Ovi Maps and point blank refuse to pay for any nav software when the sighted world are getting it for nout. Ovi Maps has been serving me well for the last 3 months or so. It's very responsive and I don't experience the lack of GPS signall or having to wait for ever at times for a rout calculation. Admittingly the App isn't a 100% accessible but once beond the main screen it is fairly accessible and the visual counter display tab is very large and bold and parden the pun you would have to be blind not to be able to see it.
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I can only agree we do seem to be going backwards rather quickly here. GPS on a note taker is simply too big and inconvenient as well as being totally financially impractical for most people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Ramage" <wpr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: [talks-uk] First Wayfinder, now Trekker, where do we go from here?
Hi all. I am interested in acquiring an accessible portable GPS system. Firstly Wayfinder hits the dust and now The Trekker Pro has followed. My question is; is there another GPS system with the features of Trekker or even of Wayfinder that is accessible and works well with talks. The trekker breeze is of no use to me as you have to walk or drive the rout first and in any case it, as is the Trekker Pro is a stand alone unit. I need a rout finder and not a rout reminder. The Captain system is apparently a waste of space never mind money and although there seems to be a lot of talk on the net about blind friendly GPS, there doesn't seem to be anything concrete. I have the 6210 navigator but the access to the GPS is impossible and I would imagine if it was accessible, it wouldn't give turn by turn instructions. I might be wrong but it seems nokia maps are strictly for the sighted. If anyone has any constructive suggestions I would be grateful. I read a news article on the BBC web site about a test being carried out in Italy using Talks and GPS but it didn't seem very good as I think it meant if you had trouble you could connect to a call centre and the operator would give you a turn by turn guide in real time, sounds rather dangerous to me when the blind person should be giving their full attention to their mobility rather than listening to someone on the phone trying to guide them and on a busy city street it would be impossible to hear or understand the operator. It would seem to me things are taking a backwards step. Walter.
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