Hi All,


Google Maps is definitely much easier to use as a cell phone app than on 
the PC, but I have recently discovered an easy way to get Google Map 
directions on my Windows browser. I tried this with both Chrome and 
Firefox and with both Jaws 18 and NVDA.


These instructions assume your current location is the starting point.


* Go to www.google.com.


* In the search box, type the destination address followed by a comma 
and the phrase "maps directions," pressing enter when you're done. If 
the location is local, I don't usually type the city, state, and zip. 
For example:


123 N Main, maps directions


* On the results screen, the area between the edit box and the first 
result has three buttons. each represents a route (e.g., 123 N Main via 
Pleasant St, 123 N Main via Cactus Dr, 123 N Main via Highway 41). You 
can use your screen reader's go-to-button command to jump right to them.


* Press enter on the route you want; then down-arrow to read the 
step-by-step directions.


Most of the time, this works really well. Occasionally I have problems 
with the routes because Maps gets confused about where I live. At the 
end of my block, my city ends and another city begins. A couple of 
blocks past the boundary line is another street named like mine. Every 
once in a while, Maps thinks my destination is that other street and 
gives me starting directions from there.


If this doesn't work for you, it may be because I'm running a beta of 
something on Chrome. I don't think it affects Firefox, so I'm thinking 
you should have no problems.


Ciao


On 6/20/2018 2:27 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Using a windows 10 desktop, running windows 10, 1803, and Jaws 2018, 
> the April update, NVDA, and Narrator.
>
> Any of you using google maps successfully with any of the 3 screen 
> readers?
>
> I can go to
>
> www.google.com
>
> and in the search box, I can type my address, then click on search 
> button, and the first result is a map, but then, there is a link that 
> says directions, and then I can click on directions, but then, when 
> the page loads, I'm completely lost, because none of the 3 screen 
> readers handle this well.
>
> It only says some of the things and not everything, and there is an 
> edit box, and a whole bunch of other things.
>
> The reason I'm even trying to use google maps in the first place is, a 
> friend came to my apartment building yesterday from out of town, using 
> Google maps, and I thought I was going to have to give him help 
> getting here, and he didn't need my help at all, which is fantastic, 
> and when I asked him how did you get here, he just told me, I used my 
> gps, using google maps, and it guided me right to your building!
>
> So, I'm looking forward to whatever you all can tell me, and if you 
> have used google maps successfully with any of the 3 screen readers, 
> how do you use it? Or, if there is a tutorial out there on using 
> google maps with a screen reader, let me know.
>
> Harry
>
>
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