[nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?

[Lisa belville]

That's why it's best to start in a familiar area.  I know what streets are 
coming up, so I've gotten used to hearing the GPS chattering away so when it 
gives me a funky sounding report I can either ignore it or stop and 
investigate.  My town has a lot of three way intersections, or streets that 
will run for a few blocks going east/west and stop at a T intersection on 
the west side of the street and then pick up a few blocks north on the east 
side.  I never knew some of these little off shoot streets were there, so 
thanks to the breeze, I have more places to just get out and walk

I've never had problems hearing traffic or conversations unless I'm in a car 
and talking with someone.  The speaker can be clipped anywhere, and I 
usually keep mine clipped to the shoulder strap rather than on my collar. 
Plus the Trekker Breeze has a easy to find volume button.



Lisa

I'd like an order of ambition, & a side of focus, and a large coffee. And 
could you super size that please? It really needs to last for the rest of 
the day.
Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?


> Thanks Lisa!  I guess I was just concerned about trying to process too 
> many streams of info...the dog, the GPS,  the environment, my constant 
> stream of random thoughts...and getting myself into trouble.   I can see 
> myself listening to the GPS  and missing my neighbor saying hello at the 
> very least.  Or being focused on listening to the GPS and traffic and 
> continuing to walk after Monty has stopped.  I haven't done that in a 
> long, long time, but there's always the possibility. *smile*
>
> Julie
>
>
>
> On 2/4/2012 12:03 PM, Lisa belville wrote:
>> Julie, You guys have been together for a while so it's just a matter of 
>> getting in synch with the GPS and your dog.  I definitely wouldn't want 
>> to train with a dog and a GPS, but that's just me wanting to be sure the 
>> match is going to work.
>>
>> I use Katy and my Breeze all of the time and except for having some very 
>> interesting leash/Breeze carrying strap/harness buckle incidents all is 
>> well.
>>
>>
>> I'd like an order of ambition, & a side of focus, and a large coffee. And 
>> could you super size that please? It really needs to last for the rest of 
>> the day.
>> Lisa Belville
>> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?
>>
>>
>>> Cindy,
>>>
>>> I don't have an Iphone.   I think maybe that's the logical next step 
>>> though.  $60 is pretty afordable for GPS.  And all the other stuff the 
>>> phone can do and well, it makes more economic sense, over purchasing all 
>>> that stuff seperately.
>>>
>>> Do you guys that use GPS of any variety find it difficult to manage the 
>>> technology and still pay attention to your guide dog?   Got any tips on 
>>> how not to confuse myself or the poor dog while we make the transition 
>>> to the new information?
>>>
>>> Julie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/4/2012 9:34 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
>>>> I don't know all the places you can get it, but it is an off the shelf 
>>>> product and is an ap for the Iphone. I haven't used it much, but it 
>>>> easily plans routes for you and speaks. It has modes for night, for 
>>>> car, for walking. Not sure how it is working right now though because I 
>>>> think I'm going to have to do a restore on my phone.
>>>>
>>>> There are some Podcasts on it and if you had it I could probably send 
>>>> you one. It is $60 for the Ap, a little more than many of them Kaptain, 
>>>> or however you spell it has an Ap for the phone, too, but don't know 
>>>> how it works. There are several others.
>>>> Cindy
>>>>
>>>>
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