[Loadstone] interesting news from nokia

[Laura Glowacki]

As I understand it, this information is just as welcome as it is related to 
GPS solutions for the visually impaired.  Thank you for sharing.  It is 
probably something I will be looking in to in the future.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vojtech Polásek" <krecoun at gmail.com>
To: <loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 7:03 AM
Subject: [Loadstone] interesting news from nokia


> Hello loadstoners,
> I apologize if this is a little of topic, but nokia recently launched 
> voice navigation for pedestrians and it is in english and several other 
> languages including finish and chinese.
> It even announces to you names of streets.
> You must have the latest version of  official nokia ovi maps - I can host 
> it somewhere if you would like to try this out. The accessibility is 
> somehow different from previous versions, so you can contact me of list if 
> you don't want it posted here.
> The voice navigation for drivers was working long time ago but this is 
> very, very interesting. It doesn't announce when you have to cross the 
> road, but it's worth trying.
> Vojta
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