[talks-uk] Re: First Wayfinder, now Trekker, where do we go from here?

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:49:22 +0100

Hi Walter,

There is a different reason for this though.  They can no longer get the
PDAs, so this is why Trekker has been discontinued.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Walter Ramage
Sent: Thursday 3 June 2010 15:28
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: First Wayfinder, now Trekker, where do we go from
here?

Hi Jackie.  Yes, that's right, Human Ware have announced an upgrade for the 
Trekker Pro but they have discontinued it and will no longer sell it as from

now apart from clearing the stock they have and that only amounts to units 
in single figures.  I spoke to them on the phone twice this week and that's 
the info I received.  I can't understand why such a company who developed 
such a high spec product such as the Trekker can't turn their minds to 
developing an app for mobiles that is totally accessible and compatible with

Talks.  A huge gap in the market is developing and surely someone will fill 
it.  I guess the financial situation though has hit research and development

pretty hard.  Whatever the case, things are getting more difficult in as 
much as it is  now hard to find a reliable and accurate and accessible GPS 
system we can use via the mobile and Mobiles are becoming more difficult to 
access with the  popularity of touch screens.  With the appearance of the 
touch screen IPad, soon pcs and laptops will be keyboard free and only touch

screen., more marginalisation I'm afraid.  Walter.----- Original 
Message ----- 
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:04 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: First Wayfinder, now Trekker, where do we go from 
here?


> Hi Walter
>
> My understanding is that there is an imminent update for Trekker Pro, but 
> I
> don't know any more than that.
>
> There is Mobile Geo, but you need Mobile Speak for that, and Geo doesn't 
> run
> under the Symbian platform, so more pennies if you go down that avenue I'm
> afraid.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> J
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Walter Ramage
> Sent: 02 June 2010 16:05
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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