By peter, 13 April, 2013
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iOS and iPadOS
Due to the reported unreliability of the built-in Apple Maps on iOS6, I downloaded the Google Maps app.
Most features seem to be accessible - I can set my destination, various profile settings, etc.
However, I cannot activate the button to start getting voice feedback from the Google App so that it gives me turn by turn directions when trying to help my wife navigate in the car or when I'm walking alone.
After putting in my destination, my sighted wife indicates that there is a "Start" button in the bottom right corner of the screen on my iPhone. When I use VoiceOver to go there, VoiceOver announces this as a "PagingHeading" button. My sighted wife says that within this "button" there is an icon to go to another view/page and also the "Start" button. Using VoiceOver, I can't distinguish between these two buttons and when I tap it, the display only goes to another page but will not start the "turn by turn voice-guided navigation".
How do I access this feature and start the app talking like a sighted person would do?
If this is not accessible, how do I make Google aware of the problem to get it rectified?
Thanks.
--Pete
Comments
Report to google, but apple maps is improving
give apple maps a second chance
report it to gogole
We're listening
Welcome and thanks!
Hello Dave.
Many thanks for reaching out and engaging with our community! It's always great to welcome any developer who is looking to improve the accessibility of their app for blind and low vision iOS users. Due to the great accessibility that is built into the platform, there's a lot of us, and we do appreciate the time and effort that people like you put into ensuring that we have fair and equal access to apps. If you need any VoiceOver users to beta test for you, I'm sure that we could find lots of willing volunteers (smile) Also, if you happen to bump into any colleagues who work on other Google apps, we'd love for you to give them a nudge about accessibility and improved VoiceOver support (smile). Although, to be fair, there has generally been a marked improvement in the accessibility of most Google apps over the past year. Which, of course, has been great to see.RE: Welcome and thanks!
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