[nabs-l] GPS Products aned Software

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi=20Ashley,

Yes,=20the=20Trekker=20tells=20you=20the=20next=20intersection=20and=20the=
=20type=20of=20
intersection.=20=20For=20example,=20it=20might=20say=20"Four-way=20intersec=
tion,=20
(parallel=20street=20name)=20crossing=20(perpendicular=20street=20name.)"=20=
It=20
might=20also=20say=20what=20streets=20are=20on=20each=20side=20of=20you.=20=
=20I=20don't=20
know=20about=20the=20Captain,=20though.

=20Chris

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=
=20
Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click=20
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I=20C.A.N.=
=20=20
Foundation.



=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2024=20Jul=202011=2023:50:20=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20GPS=20Products=20aned=20Software

Kat,
Where=20do=20you=20work?=20I'm=20temporarily=20at=20NLS.
Anyway,=20I=20am=20also=20thinking=20of=20a=20GPS:=20either=20the=20breeze=
=20or=20
Captain.
How=20accurate=20are=20they?=20I=20understand=20they=20tell=20you=20the=20u=
pcoming=20
intersection.
Does=20it=20tell=20you=20about=20the=20intersection=20like=20whether=20it=E2=
=80=99s=20a=20
four=20way=20stop?
We=20can=20figure=20out=20some=20of=20that=20by=20analysis,=20but=20it=20wo=
uld=20be=20nice=20
to=20have
that
info=20from=20the=20machine.=20=20When=20you=20program=20in=20routes,=20how=
=20often=20
will=20it=20speak
directions?=20Do=20both=20products=20allow=20you=20to
record=20landmarks?

Ashley

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Kat=20Bottner
Sent:=20Sunday,=20July=2024,=202011=209:53=20PM
To:=20'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20GPS=20Products=20aned=20Software

Hello=20all,
I=20too=20am=20looking=20into=20getting=20a=20gps=20system=20at=20some=20po=
int=20in=20the=20
nearer
future,=20and=20I'm=20not=20sure=20which=20one=20to=20get.
I'm=20currently=20borrowing=20the=20Kaptan=20Plus=20from=20work,=20and=20so=
=20far=20
I've=20not=20been
able=20to=20use=20it=20much=20due=20to=20it=20needing=20to=20be=20charge=20=
and=20today,=20it=20
took
forever=20to=20find=20gps=20signel,=20so=20in=20short,=20wasn't=20able=20to=
=20use=20it.
I'm=20not=20sure=20which=20is=20better=20the=20breeze=20or=20the=20Kaptan,=
=20I'd=20be=20
interested=20in
hearing=20responses=20from=20users=20of=20both,=20the=20pros,=20con,=20etc.=
=20=20I=20look=20
forward=20to
hearing=20from=20some=20or=20all=20of=20you=20soon.
Thanks=20in=20advance,
Kat

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org=20
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf
Of=20Patrick=20Molloy
Sent:=20Sunday,=20July=2024,=202011=209:36=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20GPS=20Products=20aned=20Software

Jewel,
I=20use=20the=20Trekker=20Breeze.=20=20It's=20fairly=20easy=20to=20use,=20b=
ut=20you=20
really
can't=20rely=20on=20any=20GPS=20unit.=20=20I've=20noticed=20two=20main=20fl=
aws=20with=20the
Trekker=20Breeze.=20=20First,=20it=20announces=20landmarks=20when=20you=20a=
re=20on=20
the=20same
street,=20not=20at=20the=20actual=20destination=20and/or=20landmark.=20=20S=
econd,=20
if=20it's
a=20cloudy=20day,=20Trekker=20can=20get=20thrown=20off.=20=20(Cloud=20cover=
=20makes
connecting=20to=20GPS=20satellites=20difficult.)=20Other=20than=20that,=20T=
rekker
Breeze=20is=20a=20good=20GPS=20if=20you=20already=20have=20the=20mobility=20=
skills.
Patrick

On=207/24/11,=20Jewel=20<herekittykat2 at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Dear=20all,
=20I'm=20considering=20getting=20a=20GPS=20system=20and=20wanted=20to=20get=
=20people's
=20opinions=20on=20which=20one=20to=20get.=20=20I=20am=20planning=20on=20ge=
tting=20an=20
iPhone,=20so
=20if=20there=20is=20a=20GPS=20app,=20I'd=20love=20to=20hear=20about=20it.=
=20=20I'd=20also=20love=20
to
=20hear=20from=20users=20of=20the=20TrekkerBreeze,=20MobileGeo,=20and=20oth=
er=20
similar=20GPS
=20products=20and=20software.

=20Thank=20you,
=20Jewel

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