Hello All, I was just experimenting with the native iOS Maps app today and, as many of you already know, if one sets the tracking feature to, "On+Heading", then places VoiceOver focus on the, "My Location", area of the screen, as one travels down a road, cross street names and intersection info is quite accurately announced.
In fact, I enjoy this feature so much so that I am beginning to use the Maps app instead of Seeing Eye GPS or Nearby Explorer, when merely traveling down a street, with no particular destination in mind. There is, however, kind of a drawback in using the Maps app for intersection announcements, as least as far as I am concerned; said drawback being that, in addition to accurately providing intersection information, such as the names of cross streets, Maps also continuously announces points-of-interests as they are passed. For me, this is too much information, especially when traveling in a vehicle as the announcements become somewhat cluttered. My personal preference would be to have intersection/cross street announcements, only. Does anyone know if there is a way to disable POI announcements in Maps? If POI announcements could be disabled, in the scenario I have described above, then the native iOS Maps app could quite easily make it possible for those of us who are visually challenged to enjoy basic GPS navigation without having to incur additional cost by purchasing third-party GPS navigation solutions. I hope that those of you who participate in the iOS beta program will pass this topic and suggestion along to Apple developers. Thank you, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
