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Tool lets blind 'see' with talking GPS

Posted: 16 Mar 2007  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: Braille-Note  GPS  blind  global positioning system  SiRFstarIII GPS chip 

[Summary of tips] Is there a market for global positioning systems for the blind? Mike May thinks so. May is blind, and he uses a talking GPS. He is also a serial entrepreneur whose company is making a modest profit on the software that powers it.May now wants to extend the software to cellphones and other mobile platforms. His company, Sendero ......
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