That is weird. I'm not getting that on my iPad Air but didn't try it on my iPhone 5s. The tips I suspect are for the sighted. They are done by Todd Bernhard. He has written quite a fair few apps that are accessible and is also on this list too.
Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Mar 15, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com> wrote: > > Interesting tip. I went to the flyover cities link and VoiceOver is using > what sounds like a Russian voice even though Samantha is my current > synthesizer. If I go to a city's name and turn the rotor to characters, > samantha says the space, but a possibly Russian voice speaks the letters then > when the phonetic pronunciation is spoken it is Samantha again. > Very, very strange. > I was just checking to tell my wife. > Richard > > > > >> On Mar 15, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Alan >> >> Sent from my iPad Air >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: "iPhone Life Tip of the Day" <dailyt...@iphonelife.com> >>> Date: March 15, 2015 at 8:02:06 AM PDT >>> To: alanandsuza...@earthlink.net >>> Subject: Enjoy a Flyover Tour of Major Cities in Maps >>> Reply-To: dailyt...@iphonelife.com >>> >>> >>> Can't read the email? View this tip and other tips at iPhoneLife.com >>> >>> Your Tip of the Day is sponsored by: >>> >>> Sponsors make free tips & tricks possible. Visit the above link to keep the >>> free tips coming! >>> >>> Tip of the Day: >>> >>> >>> Enjoy a Flyover Tour of Major Cities in Maps >>> The Flyover feature of Apple's Maps, as you likely know, gives you a 3D >>> view of a city. A list of these cities can be found on the website Flyover >>> Cities. In iOS 8 Apple added a fun new feature called Flyover Tour that >>> takes you on a 3D tour of the city's major landmarks. The Flyover Tour of >>> New York City includes the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State >>> Building, Central Park, and more. Only some of the Flyover cities have a >>> Flyover Tour. They include New York City, San Francisco, London, Paris, >>> Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Sydney. >>> >>> To view a Flyover Tour, simply boot up Apple's Maps app and do a search on >>> the city name. If there's a tour available, the top of the screen will say >>> 3D Flyover Tour of New York (or whatever city you've searched for). >>> >>> >>> >>> Tap on that, and the tour will begin. >>> >>> >>> >>> That option seems to only appear the first time you search on a city name. >>> If you go back, it may not appear. In which case, you can also tap on the >>> details for the city (the red pin), and Flyover Tour will appear as an >>> option. >>> >>> >>> >>> Since these Flyover Tours are fairly data intensive, it would be good to be >>> connected to Wi-Fi for the smoothest experience — and also to save on your >>> data usage. >>> >>> Did you enjoy this tip? Sign up here to get the tip of the day delivered >>> right to your inbox. >>> >>> >>> Share this tip with a friend: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Got a Tip You Would Like to Share? 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