[NFBMT] Happy Fourth of July!, technology

[James Aldrich]

Hi all,

I too wish everyone here a happy fourth of July!  We are indeed 
fortunate to be living in this great country!  I doubt we would be as 
far along as blind persons had we lived elsewhere or this country never 
came into being!  We are indeed fortunate!

As for the Trekker Stream, I have a wait and see attitude towards it!  
They did say that they couldn't get some parts for the old Trekker 
Breeze so they had to discontinue it!  I think more up to date  
technology will enhance this combo unit!  One would charge it through a 
USB source which would be marvelous by itself! I'm more interested in 
knowing whether they will improve how maps will be loaded!  Would one 
have what was the case before, maps which cover a few states at a time 
or will we be able to load the entire country which can be done with 
Near by explorer by APH.  I believe I have US and Canadian maps loaded 
through that app. The Trekker Stream would be much improved if this 
were possible instead of the map system which was used by the Trekker 
Breeze. I hope too whichever map system they use can be updated more 
frequently!  This too was a problem with the Trekker Breeze!  I'll be 
watching this one!

I think the L Braille by VFO could be fascinating and hopefully the 
Orbit will be out soon as well!

I received this interesting note from the Victor Stream list!  I'll 
pass it along.  It comes from Roger Behm and he'll have his information below!

Hi Matt,
Humanware and My company are taking pre-orders right now, the only 
difference between the two  companies is My Company, Adaptive 
Information Systems Inc. is selling the victor stream trek for  $580.00 
and free UPS shipping and no sales tax.
All I need for now is your current contact information and shipping 
address and when I get the  retail vversion units in, HumanWare expects 
October 2017, I wil contact you for your credit card  information.
Regards,
Roger Behm
Adaptive Information Systems Inc.
We Make Technology Accessible to the Vision Impaired and Reading Disabled.
Roger A. Behm, President
1611 Clover Lane
Janesville WI 53545-1388
Voice: 608-758-0933
Cell: 608-346-7059
Fax: 608-758-7898
Email:  aistech at ameritech.net
Web Pages: www.adaptiveinformation.org
www.cheeseheadhosting.us


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