[nfbcs] How The Blind Are Re-Inventing the iPhone

[Tracy Carcione]

Huh.  Do people actually use GPS every time they step out the door?  I
have Sendero GPS, running on a Braillenote PK, and I may use it once, if
I'm not sure of a new route, but certainly not every day.  And I find it
extremely unreliable in midtown Manhattan.  It frequently says I'm on a
street 2 blocks from where I actually am, and/or heading in a different
direction than I am.  Even here in suburban Jersey, I was unable to use it
to find a new bank address.  The bank is back in a parking lot, but the
GPS didn't even say I was close, although I'd programmed it as a
destination. I couldn't rely on GPS alone.
Is the IPhone GPS that much superior to the Braillenote?  Please only
answer that if you'd had experience with GPS in a big city with tall
buildings.
Tracy

> Greetings:
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> The article entitled "How the Blind Are Reinventing the iPhone," by Liat
> Kornowski, is definitely worth a read.  I may not agree with every
> assertion
> made in the article, but it does underscore the significant impact that
> the
> iPhone has made on the lives of a lot of blind people.
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> Here is a link to that article:
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> http://bit.ly/JeG4zk
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> Cordially,
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> Curtis Chong
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