Ctrl-Alt-Delete
(kun.trohl-awlt-duh.LEET) idiom.
A metaphoric mechanism with which one can reset, restart, or rethink something. —v.
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GPS For The Visually Impaired
The VoiceNote GPS by
PulseData/Humanware --combines a GPS receiver, braille keyboard, 4GB keyboard and text to speech processor to help blind people navigate.
PulseData Press Release:
February 2, 2004, Seward, Alaska—Jim King will demonstrate just how inaccurate the label “disabled” really is. He is the first blind person to record the Iditarod National Historic Trail with GPS technology. Jim is part of a three-week 938-mile expedition that embarks on a journey to celebrate the unique cultural and diverse history of the Iditarod National Historic Trail, which connects over 26 native villages in Alaska’s vast interior. It is one of only 16 national millennium trails designated by the National Millennium Council in 1999.
Jim was born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, an eye condition that led to total blindness early in his youth. But that hasn’t slowed him down much – or stopped him from realizing his dreams. A competitive athlete and avid biker, Jim won the silver medal in the U.S. Downhill Ski Races for the Disabled in 1993.
Former director of the Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Jim now lives in Maine and works with the state’s Division of Services for the Blind and Visually impaired. He is a tireless advocate and living example of the independence and achievements that are possible for people with ‘disabilities’.
“I am bursting with excitement to make this incredible trek,” said Jim, “not only for the sheer adventure and challenge of it, but because it gives me a opportunity to open people’s minds—sighted or not—to the fantastic technology I’ll be using that makes it possible.”