[Electronics-talk] GPS Similar to Original Trekker?

Thu May 9 15:30:09 UTC 2013

hi,

thanks for the description.
is there any option to split the cost over three months?
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Behm AIS" <aistech at ameritech.net>
To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Discussion of accessible 
electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>; "Discussion of 
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Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] GPS Similar to Original Trekker?

> Hi Danielle,
>
> I am a HumanWare dealer in Wisconsin and I am also totally blind and sell 
> and use the Trekker Breeze from HumanWare everyday!
>
> I sel it fo ronly $599.00 and free UPS ground shipipng and no sales tax, 
> where HumanWare chargews $699.00.
>
> I include the new Trekker Breeze running the latest maps 3.3 and firmware 
> 2.01 and give you free tech support 7 days a week by phone or email or 
> skype.
>
> You also receive from my company the entire U.S. maps 3.3 on one DVD disk 
> along with documentation and the Trekker Map manager software that goes on 
> your windows computer to install or remove maps from the SD card that is 
> in the Trekker Breeze.
>
> The Trekker Breeze does just what you want announcing every intersection 
> as you approachh it, telling you the names of the streets, what type of 
> intersection, 3 way, 4 way, 5 way or so, you can look up commercial points 
> of interest and have it guide you to that place by walking or driving. It 
> works just like a Nuvi that sighted folks use, same maps, and same 
> synthesized voice, but the differences are 8.5 hours of battery life, no 
> lcd screen, very accurate, and the Trekker Breeze was made from the bottom 
> up for the blind traveler, not a adaptived device for the blind like the 
> gps device leader dog is selling, the Captan plus.
>
> You can't get lost with the Trekker Breeze unless your batery goes dead, 
> 8.5 battery life, or you drop and damage it or lose it.
>
> I have had mine since december 2008, have just changed the battery out for 
> a new battery last year, have droped it in the snow and rain and it still 
> works just fine!
>
> I have used it on the metro in Chicago last month, it worked just fine, 
> used it in many big cities around the U.S.  last summer used it in Los 
> Angeles from the LAX airport to  our hotel, announcingn every street we 
> crossed in the cab, how many miles we traveled from the airport to the 
> hotel, and how fas the cab driver was going.
>
>  I use it to fine near by hotels, restaurants, banks and ATM'S, and many 
> other commercial points of interest.
>
> The best thing about having the Trekker Breeze all updates are free and so 
> are the maps, HumanWare have never charged for firmware updates or new 
> maps, unlike the SenderoGroup's gps program which now was reduced to 
> $995.00 and stil you must purchase a PDA like a VoiceNote Apex or HIMS 
> VoiceSense at least around $2,000 more and have to have a external GPS 
> bluetooth receiver too, to keep charged and handy to find the satellites, 
> unlike the Trekker Breeze where everything is built in one 7 ounce device 
> and has a carrying case, belt clip and shoulder strap.
>
> It also comes with a wired external very small speaker that you plug in to 
> the ear phone jack, and attach it to your  collar of your shirt or coat or 
> strap of the Trekker Breeze and has a very loud volume, which many of my 
> blind-hearing impaired customers love it, because of its great volume, 
> which when traveling along a busy street is nice to be able to turn the 
> volume up so you can hear what the Trekker Breeze is saying.
>
> There are audio mp3 files on my web page that will let you hear what it 
> sounds like and go through some of its great features.
>
> My contact information is at the bottom of this email, if you wish to 
> contact me.
>
> Regards,
> Roger Behm
>
>
>
> At 07:28 AM 5/9/2013, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>Hi Danielle.
>>What a great cab driver!
>>The Trekker Breeze is sold by Humanware, humanware.com.
>>Tracy
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Danielle Antoine" 
>><singingmywayin at gmail.com>
>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 9:20 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] GPS Similar to Original Trekker?
>>
>>
>>>I was curious about the trekker breeze because where I live it's kinda
>>>rural and I don't get out and walk many places because I don't know
>>>the streets and what's there. My folks are not into walking nor
>>>describing suroundings and such.
>>>
>>>When I moved to baton rouge, where I used to live, Mr. Frye a cab
>>>driver I met used to tell me the streets and which way they ran as we
>>>went by...that is how I really learned my way around the city since at
>>>that time my kids were toddlers and I wasn't doing much walking and
>>>using public transportation with them in tow. However, once i did I
>>>had a very good idea of my surroundings and could direct other drivers
>>>quite well. Many thanks to Fred frye!
>>>
>>>Danielle
>>>
>>>On 5/8/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>>APH has a PC-based talking maps application which may do what you
>>>>want.  It or some version thereof may be sold by Sendero too.
>>>>
>>>>Dave
>>>>
>>>>At 03:02 PM 5/8/2013, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>I had an origional Trekker with the Dell PDA, and sadly it no longer
>>>>>works properly. I loved using it to learn new places because it
>>>>>would allow you to browse streets one block at a time, by pressing
>>>>>the navigational keys left right up or down. This gave me a really
>>>>>good picture in my mind of all of the intersections along a given
>>>>>street, and where streets were in relation to each other. I know
>>>>>there is a Trekker Breeze now, but that does not allow you to browse
>>>>>virtually like I am describing. I have an iPhone now, but none of
>>>>>the GPS apps I know of allow me to browse streets by block like the
>>>>>Trekker did. With the flat screen it seems you have to drag your
>>>>>finger along the street to navigate it, and it is very difficult to
>>>>>keep my finger on the street using the flat screen. I am looking for
>>>>>a GPS option that will allow me to explore streets from one
>>>>>intersection to the next, by pressing some sort of button, or
>>>>>perhaps making some sort of swipe gesture, to advance along the
>>>>>street. Does anyone know of such a GPS program? It can be an iPhone
>>>>>app or some stand alone GPS system.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for any help you can provide,
>>>>>Sarah
>>>>
>>>>
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