[gps-talkusers] Re: traveller
- From: catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:54:02 +0100
Hi Howard,
I'll have a stab at some of your questions - I'm still getting used to
the system myself. Hopefully this helps you to an extent. My answers
to the questions I have an idea about are below your questions.
> 1. As I fumble around I have lost speech how do I get the pk talking again?
If it's stopped talking because you've accidentally switched the
speech off, you can switch it on again by pressing the bottom left
braille navigation key and the space bar together. This cycles
between speech on, speech on request and speech off. Sometimes
though, I've found that the speech just stops of its own accord - the
braille display keeps functioning but no speech and cycling to "speech
on" again doesn't make a difference. In this situation you will need
to reset it.
>
> 2. I was trying to create poi for bus stops. Entertaining myself while
> waiting. I got the dialog, but the poi was set around 100 feet from where I
> was standing. How do I snap this to my real position?
Um...I don't know. It might be like that because GPS signal wasn't
too good at the time.
>
> 3. On the other hand, how do I go to a virtual position and create a user
> poi there?
If you look up an address it asks you if you want to define it as
virtual position or poi or both so you can do it this way. On the
other hand you could go to a certain address or POI while in virtual
mode, move around the streets however you like, and then go into the
POIs menu and create a POI at current position.
>
> 4. Should I use user poi or a sub category, or put the poi in a place like
> bus/rail?
I think this comes down to personal preference. Though I'm not sure
how that works if you later share your POIs - I guess if you share
them it's more helpful to have them in a category like bus/rail.
> 6. With out being in a route, how do I get gps to tell me details about the
> intersection I am going to cross?
> Streets and angles of crossing.
I think the way to do this is to go into the multiple repeat commands
and switch on detailed intersections.
>
> 7. I can select poi categories to be automatically announced, but I have to
> select one or all. What if I want bars restaurants, and bus stops?
I don't know the answer but I too would like to know.
>
>
> 9. I can make a vehicular or pedestrian route, but the bus has a mind of
> it's own. Can I record the route the bus makes, and save and open the
> route, the next time I go to the same or near-by destination?
I don't know and have never tried it but imagine you could do this by
"create a manual route" - that's a pure guess though because I've not
looked into that option yet.
>
> The more I use this thing, the less I know.
> I found the gas station, where they sell snickers bars, the bus stop,
> transfer point, and home. I also found a bakery and a pie shop. Not to
> bad.
That sounds pretty good going to me. The more I use this thing the
more I find its usefulness! I haven't scratched the surface yet...
Catherine
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