It sounds like the most likely answer that it requires tapping a button no longer seen by voiceover. Hopefully that's not the case. Just because it does not speak something at all for us unfortunately doesn't mean it is not there.
On 4/8/13, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > Christopher, in the long run, a badly-chosen label name is a minor > accessibility issue; but if it prevents one from investigating > further, it can potentially be a show-stopper. Not everyone is of an > experimental nature. Having said that, I add that you and I agree > that Google Maps is worth pursuing as a possible workable app. Over > the next few days, I'll try to get an answer to my question about how > voice-guided directions can be resurrected in the latest version. > > Craig > > On 4/8/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: >> True, I did think the icon labels in Google Maps was particularly >> cryptic, but I frequently find a one word label for an icon to be >> mysterious, and I need to do a bit of exploring to figure out what each >> icon and button really leads to. Ditto for icons used by the sighted. >> When asking a sighted friend or relative what a particular icon does, >> I'll hear things like "it looks like a little flower" or "it's a square >> with an equals sign in the middle". Considering the different hurdles I >> face for accessibility the poor choice of a word or phrase for an icon >> label seems like a pretty minor accessibility issue. >> >> On 04/08/2013 05:11 PM, Craig Werner wrote: >>> Hello, Christopher. >>> >>> I haven't played with GoogleMaps in a while, but when I first >>> downloded V. 1.0, I was struck by the unhelpful labels attached to >>> buttons. The button now labeled "views" in the latest version was >>> called "Layers entrypoints" in V. 1.0. The phrase "layers >>> entrypoints" meant nothing to me. The button turned out to be a way >>> to access satellite, traffic, and transit views. I recently showed >>> Google Maps to a sighted user, and he noted the cryptic little icons >>> next to buttons. In other words, the interface wasn't intuitive to >>> him. At any rate, I agree with you entirely when you say a product is >>> worth courting even if it is not workable out of the box. >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> On 4/8/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'm curious why you refer to Google Map's questionable accessibility >>>> record. I haven't used it in a while, so I can't answer your question, >>>> but I downloaded it when it first came out, and I didn't have a problem >>>> with it's accessibility, so although something may have changed >>>> recently, it's been accessible since the get go. Also, the reason to >>>> keep trying it is because it may end up being a superior product. The >>>> iPhone itself wasn't accessible when it first came out but people >>>> didn't >>>> give up on it. >>>> >>>> On 04/08/2013 12:45 PM, Craig Werner wrote: >>>>> Greetings to the list. >>>>> >>>>> I don't know why I bother playing with Google Maps considering its >>>>> questionable accessibility record, but I'm still curious about making >>>>> this app work. When I upgraded to V. 1.16, I noticed the "Action >>>>> Results" button seems to have been removed. I cannot figure out how >>>>> to make the app speak voice-guided turn-by-turn instructions. I can >>>>> plug in a starting point and a destination address, and I can call up >>>>> a map if I press the "Paging Footer" button; but I can't enable >>>>> voice-guided instructions. Any thoughts, please? >>>>> >>>>> BTW, "Action Results" and "Paging Footer" are cryptic labels to say >>>>> the >>>>> least. >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christopher (CJ) >>>> chaltain at Gmail >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Google >>>> Groups >>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Christopher (CJ) >> chaltain at Gmail >> >> -- >> 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 Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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