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GPS for the blind

GPS for the blind

GPS for the blind

Trekker is GPS system that is specially made for the blind and the visually imparied that uses a GPS and digital maps to their ways.  This gadget allows a blind person or any user to record both vocal and written notes.

This device does not contain any GPS receiver but at the same time you can use any of the  shelf hardware for GPS input.  As this device can also be upgraded, it allows you to expand or accommodate  new hardware platforms and more geographic information .With the trekker a user can use an agenda,text documents, contact details, vocal notes, Daisy Reader (Victor Reader Pocket. ). The trekker just weights 600g (1.3lbs) and size 87mm x 134 mm x 27mm.

The best features of this device are as follows: Real Time information detection (Intersections and Point of Interest ), Real- time/Offline map Browsing (Route Prview ), Route planning and  recording (Guiding Rules), Flexible level of vocal information , Vocal point of Interest creation, Access to GPS status information.

Finders Keepers Losers Weepers

When I was a young girl, I used to wander around out of my parents’ reach when we would go to malls. It’s not that I wanted to disobey my parents, but being such a small girl, I wanted to explore this big, new world in front of me that’s begging to be discovered.

Parents and guardians rejoice! The Keruve, a device created by Spanish company Seville, is here to help you locate individuals who are suffering from memory loss or going through a second childhood phase. It can probably also be used on kids who are young Sherlock Holmes that just love to investigate the new things they see.

You simply strap a watch-like monitoring device on the person you want to keep track of and the Keruve will make use of cell phone towers to help you locate them, and of course, it utilizes the usual GPS navigation to help locate them better. This tool works pretty well in transferring data to the monitoring unit you possess even if the individual you are looking for is in inside a building.

I wonder if I can use it on my dog as well to find him easily whenever he’d run out and sniff some anonymous person’s butt.