Bill, No I am not sure if the man had a trekor or not but I will listen for his voice on any future postings at blind cool tech. I also remember that once back at his place he had one of those auto vac setups whereas when all the vaccuming was done the machine backed itself into the plug and I know he lives and works in Louisville,KY. Lee
On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 10:13:10AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lee, interesting. I was in Louisville last month for the ACB convention and > didn't notice anything like that, but I wasn't looking for it either. Are > you sure the guy didn't have a Trekker or some other personal GPS device? > > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, August 1, 2008 7:52 am > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A possible mobility aid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I cannot give you a electricians answer Bill but I can tell you > > that > > maybe find someone who lives and or works in someplace like > > Louisville > > where they do have the talking signal button and one that tells > > you > > what intersection you are at. I wish I could remember the mans > > name > > but he was walking from work in Louisville with his guide dog and > > I > > could hear the street/ intersections being announced and he said" > > no > > that is not mine" and they continued. then when it said something > > like " > > baker and stone". well at that intersection I believe the man > > pushed > > the pole button as you said you wanted to do Bill. I got that off > > from > > blind cool tech some time ago. Lee > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 03:10:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote:> All: > > > Hopefully Tom or one of you electrician types can answer this, > > or laugh or whatever. > > > I have a friend who occasionally sends me posts from one of the > > O&M Lists he's on. Yesterday he sent one dealing with the > > necessity of always pressing the activation button on traffic > > signals that cycle based on the presence of vehicles as opposed to > > a fixed time increment. > > > The problem is that at least here, there's no way to tell for > > certain what actually causes a given traffic light or signal to > > cycle. So, presumably, the safest course would be to always press > > a button when one was present (they usually are BTW). > > > The difficulty is then, to find the buttons to press where > > there's no audible signal, (which is of course generally the case. > > > > > > I work a dog, so naturally, the dog's going to treat a pole with > > a button just the same as it would treat any other obstacle, and > > avoid it. I understand there are "sonic guide" type devices that > > you could perhaps use that would beep or vibrate when they passed > > a pole, but that would probably give too many hits, since it would > > see trees, sign posts etc. as well as light poles. Flailing > > around with a cane or in my case, a whip antenna isn't really a > > satisfactory way to do this either. > > > Finally, I've been told there are devices which emit a sound > > when they're locked on to an electrical current, presumably this > > is because of the presence of a magnetic field. Would it be > > possible to modify such a device so that it would beep or vibrate > > or whatever when it "saw" poles with electric current present > > inside them? > > > > > > My thought is that you probably wouldn't carry something like > > this around all the time, but it would be useful for finding poles > > and then knowing where they are, I could certainly train my dog to > > find them again. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > Bill Stephan > > > Kansas Citty MO > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > -- > > He's just a politician trying to save both his faces... > > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > -- He's just a politician trying to save both his faces... Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
