hi, i think all i have ever used is map. and i got to admit it works gorgeously.
sandi On 8/28/13, Cheree Heppe <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > The use of the GPS in a car could only have happened to somebody in a > sit-com, but, trust me, it happened to my friends and me this afternoon. > A pair of apparently solid sandals that I wore to work completely broke > down, leaving me the choice of walking in my nearly bare feet over > questionably clear sidewalks and streets to get home. I decided that would > be a very risky plan and phoned a family I have known for some years with an > emergency plea for transport or to borrow a pair of shoes. All of the girls > and their mother wear the same size shoe as I do. > The mom, Carolyn, agreed to pick me up after my work day and drive me home > and share a pair of shoes until I could step on to home turf and return > them. > At about 17:25, long after I got outside in my nearly bare feet, they hadn't > arrived. Two phone calls determined that Carolyn had parked her SUV in one > of those self-serve parking garages and walked several blocks to me. > When Carolyn and her daughter, Hannah, saw me outide my building, they > simultaneously realized that they'd forgotten the loaner pair of shoes in > their car. > Carolyn wore a double pair of socks and let me slip into her sneakers. We > carefully, for Carolyn's sake, wended our way to find the building and her > SUV. > Once up the ramps and at the car, we all got inside, only to have Carolyn > realize that her credit card was at home next to the laptop. This car park > requires a credit card in order to open the exit gates. > We decided to use my card. Carolyn took it to the machine, where, because > of Braille labelling I affixed with the card number, etc, it promptly got > well and truly jammed in the machine. Naturally, it hadn't gotten to the > stage to let us, or the ever-growing line of cars and driers out of the > parking structure. > On the automatic card machine now jammed with my card is a keypad to use in > case of problems. Carolyn dialed and explained that a card had gotten > jammed in the machine. > Several staff from the Embassy Suites to which the parking structure > belonged, came out and could not get the card out. Meanwhile, the drivers > were making increasingly interesting suggestions about our situation. > Finally, the hotel engineer came with a pair of needle-nose pliers and > pulled the card out. > All and sundry breathed a really large sigh of relief and we all got free > egress from there. > Not, for the GPS part. > Carolyn is not familiar with the city and I am not familiar with driver > helps. What a team. So, I brought up WAZE, a navigation and traffic GPS > that one of my former readers swears by. Sure enough, after I set it up, I > had to turn off VoiceOver to Carolyn's sighted daughter could read the > directions to Carolyn. WAZE is more accessible than it started out to be, > but still is not blind friendly enough to use the way we would really like. > It's amazing for sighted users, however. > We found our way home beautifully. > If I actually learn how to use some of my GPS apps, I suspect I will have > powerful tools in the palm of my hand. I have Ariadne and Blind Square and > they help more than hinder. Maybe I'm making GPS progress, eh? > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > T > > Sent from my IPhone 4S > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
