Hi I did get a chance to try out a talking compass. The result was very bad. Harish Kotian
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vedprakash Sent: 21 April 2013 21:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] How to make sense of directions - east, west, north and south I have used the Braille compas. it is not very dependable for the simple reason that the megnetic force is so weak that as we touch the needle through our finger, it deviates from its original position. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pranav Lal" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [AI] How to make sense of directions - east, west,north and south > Hi, > > Get hold of a magnetic compass. A smart phone will help but if you don't > have that, buy a Braille compass or build one yourself. A magnetic compass > always points north. It is easy to follow a Braille compass since the > needle > always swings to the north. There are markings for other directions such > as > north, east, south etc. Move around in a safe environment and see how > the > needle changes orientation. A middle school physics textbook should tell > you how to build one yourself. > > Building one yourself would be the best approach. > Pranav > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
