In response to your other questions Jim, I have seen the unit but not
being a French speaker, I couldn't test it. Reports are positive from the
users I talked to. When and if it will come to the U.S. is unknown.
Mike
At 09:16 AM 6/30/2009, you wrote:
It's 150 pounds about 300 us dollars.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gammon" <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:12 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New accessible GPS.
Interesting. First, 150 what, dollars, pounds, some other currency?
Does it have POI's and maps? If so, are the POI's and maps upgradeable?
I wonder how the voice recognition does in high noise situations? Sounds
like it's being marketed to the general public rather then blind folks.
Interesting if so, as I think most sightees would not buy something
without a visual display--the more colorful,
all the better, smile. Jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "cherryl" <cermc@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:34 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New accessible GPS.
Hello everyone.
Here is a very brief discription about the Kapten
Take care.
Cherryl
While most people already find it hard enough to read a road map and
have to rely on something more advanced like a multimedia interface on a
GPS navigation system to help them get around, the Kapsys Kapten GPS
navigation system requires one to really sharpen up one's listening
skills since it does not come with a single pixel of display. Yes sir,
instructions are belted out using only voice recognition and
text-to-speech capability. I suppose this could be used while driving,
but it works best when walking, measuring a highly portable 74mm x 44mm
x 13mm while weighing just 50 grams. Inside you will find a SiRFStar III
GPS chipset and 4GB of internal memory. The Kapsys Kapten will be out in
the middle of next month for approximately 150?.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Noseworthy"
<jim.noseworthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:14 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New accessible GPS.
Flor:
Thanks all over the place.
It seems to be quite hard to Google much information about the system.
Again, thanks all over the place.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New accessible GPS.
it's called (and spelled) Kapten.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Noseworthy"
<jim.noseworthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:47 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] New accessible GPS.
Hi Folks:
Does anyone know anything about a new accessible GPS option that is
supposed
to be out there? If so. how so?
Cheers.
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