Category: accessible Devices
I have a Magellan 310 GPS that says Pulsedata on it and that's supposed to work with the Braillenote. However, my Braillenote's acting really weird. The battery doesn't seem to charge and it makes noises when it's off and not plugged in. I'm wondefing 1. what's wrong with it and 2. if I can use my GPS on something else that's accessible. I've never used it before on anything but would love to do so rather than sell it. When I looked it up, they said it's only a receiver, so I'd probably need to use it something. Will the receiver talk, on it's own since it's from Pulsedata or is it basically like a terminal?
The receiver is not made by pulse data so it has no abillity to talk. The receiver simply conveys the satalite to the Braille note GPS.
Ah, gotcha. Can I use it with another device like a phone or computer? Is there any accessible gps software out there?
it all depends on which protocol the gps reciever works on. if it connects to the braille note bia bluetooh then you should be able to use it as agps reciever for any other device that has accessable gps software on it and can connect to bluetooth devices. I am not sure about other devices but there are a couple accessable gps devices for nokia and windows mobile phones. Which phone do you currently have?
The Braillenote, or at least mine which is about seven years old, doesn't have bluetooth. But it was upgraded, so maybe they put it in. I've never seen it in any of the menus though. When I use a cell phone, it's just to dial the number and talk with the person or to receive calls. So I've never gotten a hugely advanced phone. In fact, I try to stick with the simplist ones possible. I asked Mom what mine said and she said Nokia but no model or anything. It works with TMobile, has a camera, is a flip phone, has a polytonic ring, has easy-to-feel numbers and is a few years old. That's all that I know about it other than Talks and Mobile Speak won't work on it, or at least, that's what I was told awhile ago, but not having the model number, I can't look it up on the list to be sure.
There is also the humanware line of gps products.
Is that the Trecker for the Braillenote or do they work independently?
Yeah i know what you mean infact i was the same way about my cell phones till i got an accessable one and realized the whole new world that opened up to me because of having one. Now there is one device in my pocket that does everything i need. Phone calls texting, mp3 player, gps device day planner/calender quick note taker etc etc, and for an extra $10 i can have an extra battery on me as well. For what what those human ware gps products cost, i think it would cost you alot less to get an unlocked accessable phone and talks/mobile speak and an gps app, and atleast that wway you will have more than a gps device. Just my 2 cents.
lol I always get software free, so you're right. It's the hardware that costs and I'm not sure how much. But Mom just got a few new phones today so I'm gonna check out the model and see if it's accessible with Talks or Mobile Speak. I know the latter can read Greek, which is really good if I'm considering putting my mp3s on it. But I'd also need to worry about battery life and how much space it has. I hate texting with a passion so won't be doing that any time soon. I still consider the whole concept very weird. For me, a phone should be a phone, with the exception of things like gps and scanner, both of which are so important that there's no way I could doubt needing them.
Okay, the new phones are the Nokia 5610 xpressmusic and the Nokia 35555.
i believe one or both of those should support talks or mobile speak, but neither of thos support the scanning software though. You will most likely have to get an unlocked phone as i don't think any cell carrier offeres any of the phones that are compatible with the scanning software.
If you're referring to the software used in the KNFB Reader, only one phone originally had a camera strong enough to support the software and that was the N82. I've heard that there's another one that's slightly cheaper that can do it but forget the name. In any case, I was wondering if I can use these phones with the GPS. If so, what software would I need?
I believe their is another phone called the 6620 Classic that does it as well. and theire is the new upcoming N86 that should support it as well, but that will be the most expensive of the trio as its a brand new phone. There is also an alternative to the KNFB reader that coming down the pipelines and is in beta format now and supports alarger number of phones out of the gate than the knfb reader. For more info on this i believe their website is www.textscout.eu If you would like to use gps the two accessable solutions are Way Finder Access and Loadstone Gps, the latter being a free open source solution i believe, but not as full featured as the Way Finder Access solution. Also i Know Way Finder uses your phones data network to calculate routes on the fly so you will need to get a data plan for your phone as well, and while i am not sure about the 6620 classic, the n82 does not support 3G north america and thus will have to use the slower edge network for data access.
Ooh, two options! I'll check them out, as well as that site. If I can't find the KNFB Reader or can't buy the phone for it, this might be a much more suitable option. That and a GPS on my phone and wow! Btw, I'm using TMobile it that matters.
You will have to double check with nokia which phones work with the t-mobile 3G network. I am not sure if any of the ones listed does. But it looks like the text scout option should be able to work with most any nokia phones with a decent camera or atleast it seems that will be their goal going forward.
Well, the two phones that I mentioned above, of course, work with TMobile. I suppose I could try installing Talks or Mobile Speak on it and see how that goes. If it goes well, the odds are that Loadstone will work fine. If not, then I'll just get another gps package, since I already have the receiver. Now that's another thing. Will my receiver work with the phones? I guess we'll find out.
Yes while the phones will work on the tmobile voice network for making calls as should quad band gsm phones which are any recent nokia gsm phones like all the ones mentioned above, I am not sure whether or not those phones will work on the faster 3g data network for Tmobile, They all should however work on the slower edge data network. loadstone should work on all synbian s60 2nd and 3rd edition phones, so you will just have to varify whichversion of the sybian Operating System the nokia phones you want to use are running. I will say Loadstone is a bit trickier to use as you can't just enter a start point and destination and go as you can with way finder acccess, there is alot more "prep work" that goes into using loadstone. You will have to find and pre load a map of your area, as well as a few other things from the website and transfer it to the phone. They have a pretty easy to follow user guide on the site though. If your reciever is a bluetooth gps reciever it should work with the phones mentioned for the most part.
I'll give it a shot. If not, I'll get Way Finder.