Hi all, I'm sending this out as I believe it's important. Please see below for your reference please feel free to spread the word and forward to who ever you think will benefit this. I think it's important that a product such as this is seriously pushed especially because of what it costs.
Thank you -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Harris Sent: 14 October 2008 10:03 To: 'Talks Mailing List' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Talks] Off topic for some the new wayfinder 2.5 release Hi, I'm cross posting this to every list I'm on so I'm really sorry for those lists that are off topic, this is only for your reference, not to generate conversation. If anybody wants to come to the wfa list then email me privately and I'll give you the subscription information, including to those who I have bcc'd privately. Please feel free to pass around including the attachment I've put in this email. I've not given this a proper field test yet I will admit, but from what I've seen so far, whilst playing with it on my couch, I am going to love this. The use a position feature is absolutely fantastic and I honestly can't weight to get out there and really give this a field test. It's truly great to see at last, that there is an affordable gps solution for blind persons that is below the £1000 mark, not even that, below £500, that in itself is a milestone in terms of access technology!! All I can say is truly well done to wayfinder for designing and programming a product that 1 is affordable, and 2, that works. Wfav2 always did work very well in my opinion, but like all things, any good product can be built upon, and certainly from the little I have played with wfav2.5, wayfinder have certainly done that. So thanks and keep up the good work!! Read the below email for details of where to get this product from. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Burns Sent: 14 October 2008 09:30 To: Wayfinder Access e-mail forum Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Talks] [Wfaccess] Release of Wayfinder Access 2.5 Good day, I am cross posting this to the TALKS list for general interest. I would like to thank Albin, the new product manager for Wayfinder Access, and his team for a fine piece of work, as well as Neil for his key role in facilitating communication between the user community and Wayfinder that made the 2.5 release a reality. In the past, there have been communication gaps with unfortunate results. This time around, those who took the time to compose their thoughts were heard. For those who may not know, you can purchase an activation code for Wayfinder Access or TALKS in the amount of time required to receive an email from Neil's web site at: http://www.talknav.net/ I finally had the pleasure of taking a short walk this evening with WFA, and thus far am ecstatic. First of all, we have our auto-refresh back in the vicinity views! The loss of this was a serious problem. I can now leave WFA in the near by cross roads view and know what street lies ahead with out hitting manual refresh every 30 seconds. I walked with WFA for a good mile this evening, and played around with auto-refresh in all the views. It worked exactly as I would have hoped. One thing, if you intend to use this on a phone on which the screen saver kicks in quickly like the N82, go to options, and set back light to always on. My hope for the future is the ability to set WFA to update only those items in my direction of travel. For now, I am just thrilled to have auto-refresh back, and working smoother than before. I agree with those who have commented on the problem of the info view always returning focus to GPS status upon refresh. it would be very useful to refresh without changing focus. For me, this would be especially valuable when monitoring heading and speed. Another feature I am finding highly valuable is the ability to use favourites as the focal point for exploration. Go to favourites, choose one around which you would like to explore, hit options and select use as position. Give WFA 15 or 20 seconds to download data, and then check out the vicinity views. They will be populated exactly as if you were standing at the location of the favourite. I am having a lot of fun exploring, and have used this along with the map view to learn about several areas in detail that I will be visiting soon. There are two things I hope for in future versions. First, it would be useful to be able to use a search result as a position. Also, it would be valuable to have the option to lock to a favourite. Right now it is only possible to lock to a favourite in the near by favourites vicinity view. This limits the range to I believe about 2 kilometres. This is limiting for those of us who do not always stay on the beaten path. I am also very pleased to see the gps status display in a clear manner in the info view. I now know the difference between a disconnected receiver and a failure to lock. In limitted testing of the navigate to feature this evening while walking, WFA identified my turns about 10 feet before I reached the corner and gave me the direction and street name while in pedestrian mode. I was in an open area, and had a good gps lock. I will test further tomorrow. Overall, I am dang impressed with progress, and very hopeful for the future development of WFA. -Len _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limitted: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.523 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 02:02 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.523 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 02:02 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.523 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 02:02 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.523 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 02:02 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. 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