Mark, I’ve been riding with Uber for a number of years now, and I’m eligible for what they call “Priority support”. They’ve been extremely good with me when I’ve reported other issues, so this morning I sent them a contact form and described the issue about no longer being able to read ETA info with Voiceover. I’ll report back when I hear from them, so no need to try going over to your Uber center now unless it’s on your way to or from somewhere.
Pete > On Oct 16, 2019, at 9:50 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Pete, > > Thank you for the great info. > > So, I have asked 4 people today, in the Los Angeles area, none of whom use > VoiceOver, but who do use Uber, to attempt to schedule a ride in advance. > None of them could locate the button you mentioned in your post. > > We can all see the various ride options but nowhere is there a schedule in > advance button. > > All of us are using iOS 13.x 2 people on iPhone 11s and 2 on iPhone X and of > course me and my beloved 8 Plus. > > There is an Uber ride center not far from here. Perhaps I'll stop by there > in the next day or so and talk to someone. > > While I have no problem believing that my particular app is corrupted or > something, I find it much more difficult to think that 4 others in this area > are having the same issue. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete De Vasto > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A Question to VoiceOver Uber Riders > > I have iOS 13.1.2 on an iPhone 7, and I just used Uber a few days ago as > well. You’re right, for whatever reason, you can’t use VO to get to the ETA > info any longer. What does happen, however, is that when the info is updated, > I do hear VO say, like ETA 5 minutes, then ETA 4 minutes, etc. Also, and it’s > not too convenient I know, they send an alert when your driver is 1 minute > away, and another when the driver arrives. > > As for scheduling a ride in advance, the way it works is that you type in > your destination address first, then get to the ride selection screen where > you decide if you want Uber X, XL, etc. You can then tap on the Schedule a > Ride in Advance button, and the screen does change for you. If you swipe to > the right, you’ll run into a series of picker items, the first being the day > (Today by default), and if you swipe up on the picker item the day will > change. Swipe right, and you will get to select the hour, minutes, and AM or > PM. Keep swiping right after the AM/PM picker item, and you should hear a > cancel button, then the set pickup time button. > > It works on my admittedly somewhat older iPhone 7, but hopefully this will > help you get going on yours. > > Pete De Vasto > >> On Oct 16, 2019, at 10:28 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> The other day I scheduled an on-demand ride with Uber using iOS 13.x >> on my 8 Plus. >> >> Try as I may, I could not get VoiceOver to read the estimated time of >> pick-up, even though it was clearly being updated on the screen. For >> example, the display was saying 5 minutes away, 3 minutes, away, etc. >> >> Question: Am I missing something? Can VoiceOver not read this area >> of the display? If not, it is quite a shame. >> >> Perhaps there is an Apple Watch complication that will update as the >> car gets closer to the pickup location? >> >> Question 2: >> Has anyone been able to schedule a ride, in advance, say 2 hours in >> the future, using the Uber app for iOS? >> >> I have read, on the Uber website that this is a feature of the app >> but, try as I may, I cannot get the feature to display, either with or >> without >> VoiceOver being enabled. The only way, so far, that I can even see the >> feature is to logon to the Uber website, itself; and I have no >> intention of using the website to schedule rides, if I can avoid it. >> >> All replies greatly appreciated. >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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