Hi, Todd I have had the GPS add-on since last July and, whilst I'm not deafblind, I only use it with the Braille display and not with speech.
To my mind, there are no practical problems at all in only using Braille as you get the same information as speech users. The one slight downside is that you will be using your 'spare' hand (ie that not wielding a cane or hauling back a dog!) to read the display and, thus, depriving yourself of carrying capacity - but, this would also be the case if you wanted to issue commands to the GPS unit whilst on the move anyway! In addition, if, say, you wanted a piece of information to repeat every second, you may have trouble keeping up with it but this would depend on your reading abilities and, in any case, I suspect speech wouldn't cope very well in these circumstances either! There are problems with the GPS setup but these are not Braille versus speech related, more to do with the technology itself, eg accuracy, signal reception etc. On the whole, although costly, I think it's worth it! Regards Richard Bartholomew E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Patkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 6:49 PM Subject: [Braillenote] GPS on Braillenote? > Hello y'all, > > Because I am deafblind, I depend only upon Braille, I wonder how well the GPS device from Sendero work on the Braillenote. My understanding is that GPS that Sendero had developed is mostly for hearing/blind which is, of course speech, not Braille! > > Any of you deafblind hereon this list have experience with GPS on a Braillenote? > > Please let me know. > > Thank you very much. > > Todd > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > >
