[nfbwatlk] > Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps

[Carl Jarvis]

Hello all, 
I just tried googling directions from my home to the Seattle DSB office.  Very easy to do.  Better than calling Tell Me.   
Carl Jarvis 
****** 
The offficial Google Blog
> Tuesday, December 26, 2006
    > Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps
> By T.V. Raman, Research Scientist
> 12/26/2006 08:31:00 AM
> From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use
> Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see -- tips
> that sighted people, among others, may also find useful. - Ed.
> Google Maps and its associated local search is a quick and easy means of
> locating businesses and obtaining directions. Most people who use it
> already seem to enjoy the graphical interface with its extremely
> reactive GUI. But when using spoken output, this visual richness can get
> in the way of quickly listening to the results of a maps query.
> As an alternative, Google Maps also provides a simple to use a textual
> interface that serves up directions very efficiently when working with a
> screenreader or a Braille display. This alternative view into Google
> Maps is here, at the Textual Maps UI.
> LINK:
> 
http://maps.google.com/?output=html
> It's extremely useful for blind and visually impaired users, as well as
> an effective solution for those times when you're at a non-graphical
> display and need to quickly look up a location.
> Just type a simple English query of the form start address to end
> address and quickly get the information you're looking for. Though we
> added this option to enhance the accessibility of Google Maps for blind
> and low-vision users, perhaps others will find this alternative view a
> useful addition to their maps arsenal.
> LINK TO T V Raman
> 
http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/
> (Source URL and permalink below)
> 
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/speech-friendly-textual-direction
> s.html
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Hello all,
I just tried googling directions from my home to the Seattle DSB office.  Very easy to do.  Better than calling Tell Me.   
Carl Jarvis
****** 
The offficial Google Blog
> Tuesday, December 26, 2006
    > Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps
> By T.V. Raman, Research Scientist
> 12/26/2006 08:31:00 AM
> From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use
> Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see -- tips
> that sighted people, among others, may also find useful. - Ed.
> Google Maps and its associated local search is a quick and easy means of
> locating businesses and obtaining directions. Most people who use it
> already seem to enjoy the graphical interface with its extremely
> reactive GUI. But when using spoken output, this visual richness can get
> in the way of quickly listening to the results of a maps query.
> As an alternative, Google Maps also provides a simple to use a textual
> interface that serves up directions very efficiently when working with a
> screenreader or a Braille display. This alternative view into Google
> Maps is here, at the Textual Maps UI.
> LINK:
>
http://maps.google.com/?output=html http://maps.google.com/?output=html
> It's extremely useful for blind and visually impaired users, as well as
> an effective solution for those times when you're at a non-graphical
> display and need to quickly look up a location.
> Just type a simple English query of the form start address to end
> address and quickly get the information you're looking for. Though we
> added this option to enhance the accessibility of Google Maps for blind
> and low-vision users, perhaps others will find this alternative view a
> useful addition to their maps arsenal.
> LINK TO T V Raman
>
http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/ http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/
> (Source URL and permalink below)
>
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/speech-friendly-textual-direction http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/speech-friendly-textual-direction
> s.html