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

[Sarah Clark]

Besides our driver being able to use it if they don't have a smartphone with 
GPS, It is for my husband to be able to use independently since he does not 
have a smart phone. Actually he doesn't even have a cell phone (and he is 
proud of that fact, lol.)

But I have just discovered that an iPod Touch would be able to do GPS in 
combination with a GPS receiver. I think I am about to upgrade to a new 
iPhone, so I can give him my current iPhone 4s to use for that purpose, and 
it should work offline just fine using Navigon.

Thanks for all the input.

Sarah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
To: "Sarah Clark" <sarah at sarahaclark.com>; "Discussion of accessible 
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 10:59 AM
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I guess I wonder why you are so dead set on that kind of solution.

Andy


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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 10:06 AM
To: Mike Freeman; 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] [EXTERNAL] Stand Alone GPS Units

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
electronics and appliances'" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> 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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