StreetTalk™ 2.0 GPS for the PAC Mate™

Available in December 2008

“StreetTalk is the coolest program Freedom Scientific has ever made. You can sit in your house or office and browse what’s around you in those areas. If you want to go out to a restaurant, you can browse the restaurants and navigate from point or A to point B from your house to the restaurant.”
- Student Toni Clavie

Listen to more


Navigation tool for the blind and visually impaired

Take StreetTalk for a ride, a walk, vacation, a business trip, or a jaunt to your nearest take-out restaurant, metro station, or ATM. Paired with a GPS receiver and PAC Mate, StreetTalk is a route-savvy travel companion for the visually impaired as well as a real-time exploration guide that provides information in braille or through speech announcements.

StreetTalk makes mainstream NAVTEQ maps accessible. With millions of Points of Interest included, discover new places to explore and visit – dining establishments, banks, parks – whatever is near your route. Save turn-by-turn directions to get there by vehicle or as a pedestrian. Design custom trips on the go – or route an entire trip with interesting intermediate stops before departing. You might even print, emboss, beam, or e-mail your routes to other users.

While traveling, StreetTalk announces each maneuver in speech or braille. Check your bearing, speed, distance traveled, and distance to your destination. StreetTalk is a snap to use with intuitive menus as well as shortcut keystrokes to go right to the information you want.


Enjoy true ease and freedom in mobility

Install StreetTalk in your PAC Mate, pop in a CompactFlash® (CF) card pre-loaded with maps, and you're off. StreetTalk can be used with a choice of many popular Bluetooth® GPS receivers. With Bluetooth, the receiver can be placed up to 30 feet from the user – on a window sill, the rear deck of a car, or even on a guide dog harness – so you aren't tethered to a lot of cables or special straps.

Read the StreetTalk Data Sheet (PDF)

PDF data sheet in a Zip file - download and save (180 KB)

GSA Schedule Contract #GS-35F-0330J
Review US General Services Administration (GSA) Information
Review GSA Information
Woman walking with a guide dog and carrying a PAC Mate (with StreetTalk loaded) in a shoulder bag

Extras!

  • Vehicular or pedestrian routing
  • Millions of Points of Interest with phone numbers
  • Announces cross streets
  • Plan multi-point routes
  • Automatically announces Favorites and Points of Interest
  • Instantly access route history
  • Save, print, emboss, or e-mail routes

StreetTalk is an aid to orientation. It is not intended as a substitute for standard mobility aids such as a cane, sighted companion or guide dog. Please observe ordinary caution when walking, especially when vehicles are present.