[talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:00:12 -0000
Yes certainly with Wayfinder Access it was.
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From: "Amie Slavin" <amie.slavin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 4:57 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
Is that right? Goodness; wouldn't that be great?
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On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
Sent: 25 November 2010 16:43
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Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
I agree Amie. Now if you were a GDO in Australia, the Guide Dog Association
would pay for one for you.
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From: "Amie Slavin" <amie.slavin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 4:08 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
At the moment ATW have just been given a new policy, not to fund sat' nav'
access tech. This is, of course, a deal-breaker with access tech as
expensive as it is. Call me cynical, but I do suspect some of these prices
are only sustained by ATW's willingness to pay them. Once the cash-cow of
ATW dries up, prices will have to be within the reach of those of us paying
them.
If I'm right then this may be another way in which we are heading in the
right direction, might it not?
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On Behalf Of Graham Page
Sent: 25 November 2010 13:56
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Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
Yes the premium we pay for gPS access is simply too much. Morally of course
we should pay no more than anyone else. Everyone would agree with that in
an ideal world so I can swallow the price of a product like a handheld GPS
system being £200 or so rather than the £120 or so paid for by a sighted
person but effective stand alone systems are still 5 times what a sighted
person would pay and, though I understand the reasons why, this is a far
from satisfactory situation. If you can cope with touch screens then the
apple IPhone looks the most likely winner at the moment. Otherwise you are
talking stand alone products which are still 5 times dearer than an
equivalent that a sighted person may use.
We are heading in the right direction though. I think Trekker cost about
£1100 when it was first launched with the Pro version including a suite of
programs called Maistro costing about £1300. So prices have dropped a bit
but there is further to go in this area!
Graham Page
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From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Amie Slavin
Sent: 25 November 2010 09:31
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
So Ifone is doing well with gps as well as so much else?
Sounds like Apple is on the verge of shaking up access tech altogether. Not
before time, in my view; the sooner Apple make other developers get real
about the acceptability of serially ripping off people with access needs,
the better for us all.
V interesting thread. Thanks everyone
A
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On Behalf Of Ian McNamara
Sent: 25 November 2010 03:43
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Subject: [talks-uk] Re: When will Talks work with OVI Maps?
yep i agree but there needs to be something now i mean the iphone has free
or four diffrent accesssable apps allready for g p s so it is beating talks
hands down in that reguard and it is newer as well. talks do need to try and
catch up really as quick as possible or ells a lot of people are going to be
left with out a viyable option.
Ian McNamara
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