hmph. well from what I have heard, its going to become part of vodaphone though nothing official. I have also heard that ms is breaking windows mobile and that simbian is getting an ui upgrade to a visual system and that android may be what we use. Judging on the nexus1 I doubt I'd spend cash on it so I guess we will all have to use iphones. At 11:56 p.m. 2/03/2010, you wrote: >Hello friends, family, lists and all other contacts that I have managed to >find over this last hour. > >I'm writing to you all to ask for your help. > >As some of you know, some of you don't, but recently Vodafone has gone and >completely discontinued the "way finder access" gps solution that many blind >people use. For those of you that don't know what this is then let me >briefly explain. Wayfinder was developed as a gps solution for blind people >to use on their mobile phone. It has been developed to work with what ever >screen reader you are using on your phone whether it be Mobilespeak or Talks >so it isn't dependent on 1 specific bit of software to run. Wayfinder access >or as it is more commonly known as WFA, is an internet based gps solution. >It connects to a centralised server for any route calculation. This means >among other things, that any map updates that are available are all done at >the server end which means that you as the end user automatically have >"free" access to those maps when ever you connect. You aren't charged to >upgrade your maps because no maps are stored on the phone. Unlike products >developed from companies such as >http://www.humanware.com/en-united_kingdom/home or http://www.gwmicro.com >this gps solution costs less than £300 to purchase where as the products as >shown in these web links cost well over £1000. which for your average person >is not a reasonable price. > >As yet we do not know why Vodafone have officially discontinued wayfinder >access, all we know that it has been discontinued. > >So we are asking for your help. Below is a link to an "official" protest >site that has been launched. The idea is to get as many signatures as >possible between now and the 15th of March and then we will send this off to >Vodafone to see what can be done. > >Please help us by signing the petition and spreading the word. Contact your >friends, family, work colleagues, anybody and everybody you can think of. > >Your assistants, time and effort taken with this matter is appreciated > >Many thanks. > >http://www.talknav.com/protest >Vodafone... get blind pedestrians back on track! >Released in April 2007, Wayfinder Access was the first GPS application that >was accessible for blind and low vision users on their mobile phone. A >breakthrough! an affordable product that made blind persons more independent >by informing them about their surroundings and allowing them to walk any >route they wanted. Vodafone recently bought Wayfinder Systems and >discontinued Wayfinder Access. Most blind users don't have an alternative, >so they will lose access to all the freedom GPS navigation can offer them. >The few alternatives to Wayfinder Access are at least 3 times more expensive >and often don't run on a mobile phone, requiring the user to carry around >and maintain a lot of extra expensive equipment. In many countries, no >alternative for Wayfinder is available at all. As you will see, >discontinuing Wayfinder Access would put thousands of blind pedestrians off >track! Please help us make clear to Vodafone that they are heading the wrong >way and sign our petition! Please also pass on the link to this page to >other persons to ensure we get as many signatures as possible! > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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