Mark,
That's why I love Nearby Explorer. I turn off points of interest when
I'm in a car, but I turn them back on when I walk. I'll have to try that
tomorrow with Maps. I've been wary of that app since the initial problem
with wrong data in the mapping.
Ben
On 1/6/2017 21:32, M. Taylor wrote:
Hello All,
I was just experimenting with the native iOS Maps app today and, as many of
you already know, if one sets the tracking feature to, "On+Heading", then
places VoiceOver focus on the, "My Location", area of the screen, as one
travels down a road, cross street names and intersection info is quite
accurately announced.
In fact, I enjoy this feature so much so that I am beginning to use the Maps
app instead of Seeing Eye GPS or Nearby Explorer, when merely traveling down
a street, with no particular destination in mind.
There is, however, kind of a drawback in using the Maps app for intersection
announcements, as least as far as I am concerned; said drawback being that,
in addition to accurately providing intersection information, such as the
names of cross streets, Maps also continuously announces points-of-interests
as they are passed. For me, this is too much information, especially when
traveling in a vehicle as the announcements become somewhat cluttered. My
personal preference would be to have intersection/cross street
announcements, only.
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable POI announcements in Maps?
If POI announcements could be disabled, in the scenario I have described
above, then the native iOS Maps app could quite easily make it possible for
those of us who are visually challenged to enjoy basic GPS navigation
without having to incur additional cost by purchasing third-party GPS
navigation solutions.
I hope that those of you who participate in the iOS beta program will pass
this topic and suggestion along to Apple developers.
Thank you,
Mark
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