[nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?

[Julie J.]

I also have a Braille Note PK.  It is slow sometimes, like there is this 
lag between when you go to a menu and when it actually pops up.

I'm crossing this GPS option off the list.  What you are describing 
doesn't sound like  it's what I'm looking for. Not really sure who might 
be looking for this sort of frustration and inaccuracy. *smile*

The GPS my husband uses in the truck is very accurate or at least it 
seems so when you compare when the thing announces a turn and when he 
turns.  It's also affordable.  It's so frustrating that blindness 
specific products are so expensive.

Thanks for the feedback,
Julie

On 2/4/2012 8:55 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> I have the Sendero GPS running on a BrailleNote PK.  I'm not real happy
> with it, though I've seen others do better, so maybe it's me.
> It does give directions, and I have used it often to find roughly where
> something is.  But, even if I put in an address and create a route to that
> address, it doesn't reliably tell me when I've arrived.  The last thing I
> tried this with was back across a parking lot, but I thought at least the
> GPS should say I was close.  It didn't.  It's also not very useful in
> midtown Manhattan, with all its tall buildings.  It frequently tells me
> I'm on 43rd going west, when in truth I'm past 41st and heading south.  I
> was advised to stand still on the corner until the GPS catches up with
> itself, but I've got places to go, things to do.
> It has however been very helpful on buses in New Jersey, where it has
> several times helped me find my stop.  On the other hand, in NJ, I
> recently got off the bus early to walk the rest of the way, and mistakenly
> went around a round corner, and the GPS did not catch that my direction
> had changed, or what street I was walking down.
> And the BrailleNote PK crashes  about once a month, and sometimes freezes
> up in the GPS ap.  It's small, which is why I got it, but I think it
> really doesn't have enough RAM or something.
>
> Maybe the Sendero GPS  works better in a more open area than the
> megalopolis.  Or maybe some other system works better.  I'd be interested
> to hear.
> Tracy
>
>> William,
>>
>> Have you used the Captain Plus?  We've talked about it briefly on this
>> list before, but it's pretty new and not a lot of people have used it.
>> I'd be very interested to know what those of you who use GPS systems
>> like and don't like about the model you use.
>>
>> I keep thinking about purchasing one.  Then I remember the prices and
>> think about how much I would actually use it.  I can't make the benefit
>> to cost ratio work out. *smile* The Captain Plus is a lot more
>> affordable than anything else I've seen though.  So maybe...
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/2012 3:17 PM, William Vandervest wrote:
>>> Leader sells theCaptain Plus in their online store, and you don't need
>>> to be a Leader grad to buy one either
>>> William And LD Lynard
>>>
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