Hello Fellow Travelers, I am pleased to let you know that the GPS developers at A T & T are making A T & T Navigator more VoiceOver accessible. In fact in some areas, they have actually re-built the app from the ground up, graphics and all, so that VoiceOver users have greater access. It's really quite remarkable and touching to see the commitment the developers have made to those of us who are blind or low vision. I only wish I could tell you about all of the new features that are just around the A T & T Navigator corner. When the more VoiceOver friendly version of A T & T Navigator is posted to the app store, I will send a post to this list.
This, however, is not the reason why I am posting today. This email is to let you know that, contrary to my assumption, AT&T and Verizon Wireless use different developers for their subscription-based GPS navigation services. Consequently, the enhanced VoiceOver accessibility currently being tested in A T & T Navigator will have no effect on Verizon's VZ Navigator. I am writing to encourage those of you on the Verizon Wireless network to download the free trial of VZ Navigator, if such a free trial exists, and take it for a test spin and contact the VZ Navigator developers to encourage them to make the app more VoiceOver accessible, if in fact, you find increased accessibility is needed. Finally, the people at A T & T wireless tell me that their developers have a direct-to-consumer (non A T & T Wireless Based) GPS navigation app available in the App Store called Scout that any iOS consumer may use. It gets kind of complicated but the short of it is that the enhanced VoiceOver accessibility currently being tested in A T & T Navigator will not necessarily be ported over to Scout unless Scout VoiceOver users request it. Until Next Time, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
