Hi Wayne, Is there an accessible way to choose which route to take when Maps offers several? I can't figure out how to move to any route besides the first, and while VO speaks the time the route will take, I can't figure out a way to find anything else out about the route.
Thanks, Anna On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Wayne Merritt <[email protected]> wrote: > Though it may not be as applicable for everyone, don't forget about > the built in Maps features of iOS 6, with the new iPhone 5 and other > recent iPhones and iPod Touches, which offer voice guidance if VO is > off, and a spoken list of directions if VO is on. The more I use Maps > for GPS in my wife's car, the more I like it. I have found that by > double tapping on an address in contacts, Maps automatically comes up > with a choice of routes to take. All I have to do is choose a route, > hit the route or start button, and then turn VO off for the spoken > directions. Maps seems to offer the right amount of spoken > announcements, not too much but not too little. When setting up the > route you want to travel, you can switch between car, pedestrian or > transit direction options. > > Jmt, > Wayne > > On 11/27/12, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Grant, and anyone else interested, my apologies for not responding >> sooner. The message slipped through the cracks and I just now found it >> again. The short answer to your question is yes. Meaning that for me, >> what I have works superbly and I don't feel like I'm lacking in what I >> have. >> >> Now, the long answer. I think it highly depends on what the user is >> expecting from an accessible GPS solution. I know the Sendero products >> well, and in fact, helped to develop the initial Sendero GPS user >> interface for the Braille Sense from HIMS when they started using >> Sendero. For me personally, using a combination of Navigon and Ariadne, >> or Waze and Ariadne, is enough. In the case of Ariadne, I get to know >> what street I'm on, the addresses I'm walking or driving by, the zip >> code, the direction I'm moving in, and the intersection when I get to >> it. Of course with an app like Navigon I have my turn by turn direction >> list. I can also of course use any other app of choice for this if I >> want. Mapquest, MotionX Drive, ETC. Even when I was working with Sendero >> to get the Braille Sense user interface and featureset working right, I >> didn't use all the features available unless I was testing them to make >> sure they work. For example, I don't need to always know if the >> intersection I'm coming up to is a t intersection, or if it dead ends. I >> don't need constant announcement of how close I am getting to the >> upcoming intersection. I don't always need the street name announced as >> I'm crossing it. All these are good features to have, but as I said at >> the beginning of this post, it depends on what the user wants. I feel >> that if the user wants the exact level of access and features found in >> the sendero products, and if the user wants this all available from one >> app so they don't have to switch, then they will be unsatisfied with >> what the iPhone currently offers. However if the user doesn't need all >> the extra features, and is ok with using at least 2 apps to get this >> level, then the current solutions I think are very nice. In fact, they >> are far more than what we used to have. >> >> Let's also consider the history. How long has Sendero been making GPS >> products, compared to how long have the blind had access to the iPhone. >> I personally feel that when Sendero comes out with their iPhone app, it >> will be a very nice thing and should offer people who need those extra >> features and maybe even more than what I've mentioned, to have a >> solution which will work for them. plus they will have the bonus of it >> all from one app, so there should be no switching. In the mean time, I >> can do what I need to do with what I have and I don't feel it is lacking >> for me. >> >> The other thing I want to mention, and I hate to, but I have to, is that >> there are some people who depend on GPS technology too much. I'm not >> knocking what's out there, because I think it's a great thing. However, >> let's all remember that when using any sort of GPS, always depend on >> your own orientation and mobility skills first. This is why I don't need >> to know if the intersection goes through or dead ends. >> >> However this might open up a debate and a can of GPS worms, and so I'll >> leave it at that. >> >> Hope this helped to answer your question. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. - Mae West >> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 >> >> On 11/23/2012 11:47 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: >>> Hi Raul, I want to thank you for this objective comparison; it was >>> very much appreciated. >>> >>> Would you say that between Navigon and Ariadne GPS, you could get >>> functionality roughly equivalent to that offered on blindness-specific >>> products such as the Breeze or Sendero GPS for the BrailleNote? I've >>> always felt that the iPhone could rival any other GPS products if only >>> I had the right app. But I wouldn't say that Ariadne on its own, in >>> combination with either the old or the new Apple maps, really does it >>> for me. >>> >>> Grant >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > -- > Follow me on Twitter at: > www.twitter.com/wcmerritt > My websites: > www.wayneism.com > www.whitecaneday.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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