Mark, Humanware has said that they have no plans at this time to produce a
Trekker GPS app. I was kind of hoping for a Maestro like app myself but it
doesn't appear that it's going to happen.
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From: "M. Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:35 PM
Subject: RE: Trekker GPS App
Hi,
I was one of those who paid 2000 plus dollars for the original Trekker
Maestro device. It changed my life in so many ways.
Never before had I experienced such navigational independence.
I have been lobbying HumanWare for a Trekker iOS app ever since it became
clear that Code Factory was not going to port it's Mobile Geo to iOS.
Mark
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Alan Paganelli
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Trekker GPS App
Maestro Trekker was back in 2005 and went belly up in 2007 when the Apple
iPhone changed the world. I think companies wanting to remain in business
selling products and services to the Blind need to wake up and smell the
coffee. The days of sticking it to the blind because they can are gone.
Blind people today understand that they vote with their dollars. No way
could they charge 2 grand for a Trekker app. They probably could get 20
dollars for it if it had all the features of the Trekker.
At this point in time, there aren't enough people asking Humanware for a
Trekker app. They do listen though. A good example is the survey that was
done about features people wanted on a book reader. As a result of what
blind people wanted, the Victor Reader Stream is out with wireless
connectivity and lets you directly download NLS books, Bookshare.org content
and much more. But it happened because enough people contacted them and
asked for it. Humanware is awhere of the fact that there is some interest
by Trekker users in a Trekker app for iPhone but so far, not enough blind
people have made enough requests for even a survey to be put together for
usage and features. That's why I gave the contact info.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sieghard Weitzel
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:24 PM
Subject: RE: Trekker GPS App
Hi Alan,
I am not sure if Humanware would be the right company to talk to. Their
Trekker product utilizes Sendero’s technology and as far as I know Sendero
is and has been working on a more complete GPS app geared towards the blind
for some time. I believe they are funded by Seeing Eye which of course is a
good thing because Seeing Eye has the money to back such a project.
I used to own a Trekker Maestro about 5 years ago and while I am sure there
are people who had good experiences with Humanware, their products and
customer service, I was never very impressed and I have a feeling if
Humanware was to come up with a GPS app they would try and charge through
the nose for it.
Remember Orator or whatever it was called? It was the screenreader they
developed for Blackberry and even though it only worked on a few devices
they were charging $450 which is more than half of the most expensive 64 Gig
iPhone without contract. I bet those very likely few people who did buy it
probably regretted the decision.
It’s really too bad Blackberry didn’t integrate accessibility into the
Blackberry 10 platform because the Z10 and Q10 really do sound like very
nice phones and the initial feedback I heard has been rather positive.
Anyhow, I don’t want to stray into another discussion of accessibility of
other platforms and so on, but maybe somebody on the list has heard
something new about Sendero’s GPS project for the iPhone and will share it.
It would really be nice if they came up with a really comprehensive GPS app
this year; if it had similar features to a Trekker or MobilGeo combined with
the stability of the iOS platform it would really be worth something.
Regards,
Sieghard
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