On Sep 2, 1:18 pm, marcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is this a joke or has my logic not had enough coffee today? :-)
> If people cannot see a map because they are blind, then they cannot
> see text either.

But they can use screen-reading software like Jaws or Browsealoud,
which turns text into speech.

There are a couple of potential obstacles to this with Google Maps
API. One is whether the default GDirections textual table is
compatible with readers -- it needs to be formatted correctly. This
can be overcome by a method such as Mike uses at 
http://econym.googlepages.com/steps.htm
where you can use the data to build exactly what you need. A more
major problem is likely to be the asynchronous nature of GDirections,
where a page is built using Javascript.

You could try Mike's page which I've linked to and see how the reader
software copes.

Andrew
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