Another very handy feature Trekker has is the ability to browse routes offline. Doing this enables you to find out what type of intersections you'll be dealing with, what businesses or institutions you'll be passing by etc. My wife routinely uses the built-in Daisy player to read while walking, and the GPS instructions or announcements are set to interrupt the reading of the book. It's truly a very nice system. I don't know that much about Wayfinder, but my understanding is that it doesn't have anywhere near the features of Trekker or some of the other GPS solutions like Sendaro's (sp).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Dale, I am not sure about way finder. One nice feature that trekker has is the ability to map out a course either pedestrian or mobile. A few months ago I wanted to visit a friends parents to drop off something. All I had was the address. I was in the car and not near a computer to get a map. I just entered the address and we had turn by turn instructions right to the door. When walking down the street I learned about a Mac machine that I did not know existed. Trekker told me about it as I passed. Also with Trekker you can search for a point of interest and then create a talking map to it. Also you can create a poi like my dentist office with some instructions how to get into the office. If you have the maestro option you can take notes, read books or listen to music. I had no desire to do that however if I were still working I definitely would have that option. These are a few highlights. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> net> To: <blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Hi, What does it do better than say Wayfinder Access on a mobile phone? I don't yet have it but it sure looks very capable and is so much smaller and more portable. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Right now anyway, Trekker with Maistro has all the rest beat hands down in my opinion considering price, ease of use etc. It's also possible to get free training from Leader Dog on one of these, even if you don't work a dog. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tunecollector Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:02 AM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] GPS This is probably off topic but I don't know who else to ask. Can anyone recommend an accessible GPS product. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio. <http://acbradio.org/handyman.html> org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio. <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/> org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday> .org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws- <http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/> users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail- <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws- <http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com> users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman- <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
