[Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Stand Alone GPS Units

[Sarah Clark]

It depends... if there was confirmation of what you said, and the ability to 
change it if it got it wrong, then yes. That's why I'm wondering how much 
they speak/how usable they are...
And some allow you to save favorite destinations with a name, so in that 
case we could have someone manually input the destinations we use and then 
I'm assuming you could just say the name of that saved destination.. and I 
think I read that it lets you save 100 or so, so that could cover everywhere 
we go, certainly everywhere we would go in a taxi.

Sarah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Sarah Clark'" <sarah at sarahaclark.com>; "'Discussion of accessible 
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Stand Alone GPS Units


> Sarah:
>
> Would you *really* trust voice commands? I certainly would not.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Sarah Clark via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:32 AM
> To: Baracco, Andrew W; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Stand Alone GPS Units
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> Thanks for your response. When you say "set it up", do you mean just in 
> the
> beginning when you first purchase it and want to set your preferences, or 
> do
> you mean set it up for each use. Does your wife's Garmin Nuvi have voice
> commands? Some do and I think some don't. And the ones that do have them
> allow you to speak the menus and destination address. I'm wondering if the
> voice commands are sufficient to allow a blind person to use it?
>
> We want to purchase one for when we are with drivers who don't have GPS on
> their phone, and my husband would also like to be able to take it with him
> and use it when he is in a taxi, so that would require him needing to use 
> it
> independently.
>
> Sarah
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
> To: "Sarah Clark" <sarah at sarahaclark.com>; "Discussion of accessible
> electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:49 AM
> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [Electronics-talk] Stand Alone GPS Units
>
>
> My wife has a Garmin Nuvi, and it is usable if you have some vision, but 
> not
> by someone who is totally blind. It does speak turn by turn directions, 
> but
> setting things up requires vision.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Sarah Clark via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:09 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Electronics-talk] Stand Alone GPS Units
>
> Hello,
>
> I am wondering if there are any stand alone GPS units that are usable by a
> blind person? I am referring to commercial off the shelf units, not 
> devices
> made specifically for the blind.
>
> I have read that the Garmin Nuvi and Tom Tom Go units can be used via 
> voice
> commands. Does anyone have any experience with these units and know 
> whether
> they are actually usable? (or are there initial steps that must be taken
> that are not accessible, before a voice command can be
> given)
>
> Also a different but related question...  can an iPod Touch use GPS if one
> purchases a GPS receiver to pair with it?
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
>
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