Re: a small gps victory

2013-08-22 Thread Ilkka Pirttimaa
Ray: Google Maps provides spoken turn-by-turn also when you are walking. Here is podcast that gives you a good view about experience you get when you use Google Maps together with BlindSquare: https://audioboo.fm/boos/178-blindsquare-walking-demo-using-google-maps On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:2

Re: a small gps victory

2013-08-22 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok Jean, how in the world do you get Google Maps to even work Solo? I've tried using it without Blindsquare, which I can't afford right now, and have found it not only to be pretty much unusable with voiceover, but can't find half the cities in Florida that I know obviously exist, Jacksonville

Re: a small gps victory

2013-08-21 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Experiences like these are exactly the justification for universal accessibility. More power to you and all of us! Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my IPhone 4S On 21/08/2013, at 14:34, jean parker wrote: Dear all: After listening to Mike Orego's podcast on using google map

Re: a small gps victory

2013-08-21 Thread Ray Foret jr
Just curious to know how Google Maps compairs to Apple Maps. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Aug 21, 2013, at 4:34 PM, jean parker wrote: > Dear al

a small gps victory

2013-08-21 Thread jean parker
Dear all: After listening to Mike Orego's podcast on using google maps I decided to give it a try. As it turned out I am very glad I did. Last Saturday evening, middle of the night really, I was returning to Pasadena from Urvine California where I had been attending a conference with some frien