Hi, I think your mistaken about Simply beeping to tell you when to turn seems generally not user friendly all the way around. If your sighted , what more would you need? You can read street signs so you wouldn't need street names spoken. You would just want some indication of when to turn. Driving is a bit different because your moving at a greater rate of speed so it is more likely to miss hard to see signs, and you just can't always glance down at the screen so voice guidance is more useful here then in pedestrian mode. So in short, having this feature in pedestrian mode, would be something that would really only benefit the blind and visually impaired.
JMO Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 9, 2011, at 9:27 PM, James Mannion wrote: > Wow, that is great to hear that it does pass the accessibility test at > least. I hope they will see fit to add spoken instructions while in a > walking route. Simply beeping to tell you when to turn seems generally > not user friendly all the way around and if they can have it speak > instructions for a driving route already anyway, what is the point of > leaving it out and substituting a beep for it instead? I actually > thought I remembered you reporting that app to be inaccessible before, > but since you say it is the first version I guess I am confusing it > with something else. Your testing and reporting and all the help you > contribute with podcasts and reporting and all are much appreciated. > > On 1/9/11, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everyone, well I decided to try the Garmin GPS App, besides a couple >> buttons that have strange labels, it's very accessible, it's the first >> version, there are some improvements I hope they will make. First, this app >> does not store its maps on the device, it downloads them as needed, this >> means that you could have problems if you end up in an area with no >> coverage, I think most areas are covered these days though. One feature I >> really hope will be added is to have spoken instructions when in walk mode, >> currently it just beeps to indicate when you need to turn, but spoken >> instructions are only provided for driving roots. I emailed them asking for >> this feature in an update. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
