Please send replies on this to the list. I've somewhat successfully used it, but it's a pain. Google Maps is much more accessible as an app than on the PC. But I haven't tried it with Chrome. Maybe it works much better there than with Firefox.
Catherine
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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Harry Brown
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:27 PM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] anyone successfully using Google Maps with Jaws, NVDA, or Narrator?
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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