Harry,
I'm not sure I follow. In the instructions I posted, you don't actually
go into the Maps website. You just stay on the Google.com results page.
I just typed:
Maps directions, from 8080 n palm, to 2550 mariposa
using commas to separate the from information from the to information.
Again, near the top of the google results page, between the edit box and
the first result, I found buttons for three routes. Pressing enter on
one of the routes expands it, so I can read the step-by-step directions.
Hope this helps.
Ciao
On 6/21/2018 12:50 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi Ana,
>
> Still have 1 problem, and that is, in the my location edit field, when
> I type the starting address, it still thinks that I'm starting from
> the same location I tried yesterday, and press enter, it doesn't let
> me type a new location.
>
> Harry
> On 6/21/2018 12:56 PM, Ana G wrote:
>> 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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