Rusty
Do you currently have a cell phone with gps software and if you do is it
accessible to you? I am asking out of sincere interest not to be sarcastic.
I am looking to purchase gps software and want the best possible price and
the most accessibility I can afford. Thanks for any information you can
provide.
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Rusty Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] FW: GPS
Andy, I'll say off the bat that I don't own sendero or any other gps
system
yet. But I do own a cell phone equipped with speech software.
There are many applications for cell phones to act as GPS units. This, of
course, doesn't allow braille access, not without purchasing a display,
but
the cell phone option is maybe worth looking in to.
The thing with Sendero and the other adapted gps systems is that you are
paying for maps of, at least, the entire united states. Will you use all
of
that?
You are also paying a premium price for the gps receiver, which can be
purchased, if you're watchful, for much cheaper. The cost to get your maps
on a flash card also seems a bit high.
The technology, the maps, the concept of GPS is not, as I understand it,
any
different when you get it in an adapted flavor, it's the access mode. And
since they aren't going to sell tons of them, and since they're trying to
make a living at it, and since they are aware that there are often
organizations and agencies who will fork out the money, the cost is high.
Is it worth it? If you travel a lot on your own in unfamiliar areas, or if
you travel with a sighted person in unfamiliar areas and would like to be
the navigator, then you might find it nice. Truthfully, I would have
probably bought it by now, but I haven't found a need that is greater than
the $1500. If I could buy the software for maybe half of that, they'd get
me
to part with my money much more easily. It seems, however, that the cost
of
access software is rising. $999 used to be the limit. Not any more.
I still think that the talking cell phone is going to be the ticket.
Rusty
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Andrew
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:58 AM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] FW: GPS
Hi Gail,
Well, whether or not a GPS system is worth the money is a personal
decision.
I would say that you certainly could live without it, but you could live
without a television set as well. Someone once told me that you don't
even
need a bed. If you do a lot of traveling, especially in unfamiliar areas,
you might benefit from the information that such a system can provide.
Also, if you are just one of those folks who always likes to know exactly
where you are, you might find that kind of information to be valuable.
Some
may see it as just another expensive toy. However, it is one of those
things that you may find that once you have it, you will find ways to
incorporate it into your life. When it comes down to it, it is really up
to
you to decide if it is something that you want to spend your hard earned
money on. I have a friend who says that he has more money than God, and
he
has one, along with a bar code reader, color identifier, and every other
gadget that's out there.
Andy
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