Mark, You assume that they, Sendero, did not already approach the likes of Navigon et al, with a view to doing just that…
Perhaps they did, perhaps they did not… perhaps they did and the mainstream partners were not interested. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 28 Feb 2013, at 03:36, Mark BurningHawk <stone_tr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > So it would still make more sense to partner with a company who makes such a > silent, visually appealing app, and piggy-back a Sendero type level of verbal > interaction at the user's command. This, after all, is what VoiceOver does > to the native IOS when it's invoked. Then, this amortization thing you speak > of can be spread not only over a wider customer base but over two companies' > resources. The problem with a product that costs significantly higher > because it's targeted primarily toward blind people … Okay, let me start that > again… *another* problem with this approach is that there are agencies and > the like with deep pockets who will justify such a purchase in their rehab or > other budgets, which keeps up the barrier between the blind and the world at > large. I see a win-win for Sendero to partner with a more conventionally > familiar name, I.E. Garnin or someone, or even with the Apple Maps app, > provide their product as an option when wanted, and at a significantly lower > cost to everyone. Will I get it and all the maps I need when it comes out? > Most likely, unless it's off the scale. I personally hope at least one ," or > "home," map comes free with it, or perhaps a set, one from each map source. > But making the price too high might not be as damaging as making the target > user base too small. Reinventing the wheel seems a bit redundant, if you'll > allow me to repeat myself a little bit one more time again. > > Mark BurningHawk > Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > Home page: Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
