Standalone Devices GPS for the visually impaired

1 standalone devices

1.1 trekker
1.2 trekker breeze
1.3 braillenote gps

standalone devices
trekker

the victor trekker, designed , manufactured humanware (previously known visuaide), launched on march 2003. personal digital assistant (pda) application operating on dell axim 50/51 or later replaced hp ipaq 2490b pocket pc, adapted blind , visually impaired talking menus, talking maps, , gps information. portable (weight 600g), offered features enabling blind person determine position, create routes , receive information on navigating destination. provided search functions exhaustive database of point of interests, such restaurants, hotels, etc.

the pda s touch screen made accessible tactile keypad buttons held in place elastic strap.

it upgradeable, can expand accommodate new hardware platforms , more detailed geographic information.

trekker , maestro, first off-the-shelf accessible pda based on windows mobile pocket pc, integrated , available since may 2005.

the trekker no longer sold humanware; successor trekker breeze standalone unit. software has fewer features original trekker.

trekker breeze

the trekker breeze standalone hardware. routes need recorded before can used. pois supported.

braillenote gps

the braillenote gps device developed sendero group, llc, , pulse data international, called humanware, in 2002. combination of personal digital assistant, map-quest software , mechanical voice.

with receiver size of small cell phone, braillenote gps utilizes gps network pinpoint traveler’s position on earth , nearby points of interest. braillenote receives radio signals satellites chart location of users , direct them destination spoken information speech synthesizer. system uses satellites triangulate carrier’s position, ship finding location @ sea.

users can record points of interest such local restaurants or other location pda’s database. afterward, can use keyboard commands on unit’s keyboard direct specific point of interest.