Detailed Voice Guidance Comes to Google Maps
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2019
- In honor of World Sight Day, Google Maps is introducing detailed voice guidance built from the ground up by, and for, people with vision impairments. Follow Wakana as she uses the feature to navigate the streets of Tokyo with more comfort and confidence. Click here to access the Audio Described video in English: • [Audio Described] Deta...
Click here to access the Audio Described video in Japanese: • [Audio Described] Deta... 
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Wonderful thing that Google is doing , that is really cool
Not only this is a cool feature for accessibility and blind users, but for normal people too. Like when we're using walk directions, we don't need to always hold our phones on our hands, which is also can be dangerous when walk commuting and not leave the display always turned on, so we're able to save battery too.
The ideal solution is we're gonna wear Bluetooth earbuds, then the detailed walk directions will say to us what's coming up, traffic changes, road closure, and where to turn next. You need more detailed info, get your phone on your pocket and turn on the display, it'll show the walking nav map.
*Also please have Dark Mode for Maps ASAP. Both for app and the website*
Great comment. Please see my comment above (below). I agree that the ideal solution is the earbuds. Probably a few years away, but ideally she could wear the new CC sized Palm device like a lanyard (or on a belt) and have the camera on the phone viewing her surroundings and alert her to any obstacles or orientation marks (digital). Kind of like a Tesla car works with autonomous driving. However, the white cane would likely still be beneficial as it helps inform onlookers in identifying the user as visually impaired and taking appropriate care.
really great feature is on the way 😊❤👍
Engineer sees a problem, engineer finds a solution. Well done to the team behind this, an excellent addition. Assume we can submit edits for it in the future if we find mistakes?
I need this while i ride bike
I'm going to find this extremely useful! I have a vision impairment, so navigating public areas is extremely tricky--and almost impossible. Even though I am not blind, this, combined with AR View, will enable me to navigate the world. I don't think I can express how excited I am to explore now. Thank you Google. Thank you.
This is truly an awesome feature! Very cool work Wakana is doing to help others.
that is absolutely great. I like urban roller skating and when I travel, having voice guidance around towns has made my travel experiences 100% better!
Excellent! #GoogleMaps for everyone
Also useful for walking/running directions so you can put your phone away and enjoy the scenery.
Thanks Google! I truly appreciate your progress to help everyone always have the same opportunities in this world! Thanks!
Marvelous thinking.. truly amazing feature! I hope Google continues the path to stay on top and continue to bring us farther into the future!
Great job. 2020 was an year which we haven't ever imagined.... We shall overcome.
google does some really great things.
Awesome!
This is a wonderful idea!
This feature is neglected for several users, but now I see how important it can be for some. Congratulations to all the people involved.
I love the good that precision engineeirng brings this planet.
Super necesario, y no sólo para las personas con necesidades especiales, sino también para cuando uno está de viaje y teme sacar su celu en la calle.
Made me cry
Excellent! I travel around the World with low vision. In Japan were first instituted the tactile paving or Tenji blocks and now they can guide even inside buildings or shops. People respect me while walking in populated places, and if I touch with my backpack someone I haven’t seen, although it’s my fault, they say “sorry”.
This is a really nice video.
Very excellent for everybody to findsome one.. it's awsome and Greatest #Goolglemap!
Detailed voice guidance could also be extremely useful for 360 street view tours of museums, art galleries and any other institution wanting to add voice information along with the 360 street view.
Guided virtual tours with voice information attached to the 360 street view photo spheres allowing you to travel online.
Great
Plz keep adding assistive features like these for blind. Waiting to see many videos on features blind in playlist
Wowwwwww awesome 👍👍👍
This function would be very useful and could represent a turning point in the lives of many, but when will it also come for Italian users?
Wow
Very Good
Google is amazing.
excelente e interesante función, me gustaría que esta funcionalidad esté disponible en español y en todo el mundo.
This is good news!! She blinded me with Science...
Super
We were trying to do this under an open source project. Good to know that google released the much needed feature. Here is the link to our GitHub repository. Interested volunteers are welcome to help us in our cause. github.com/aamba
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Thanks Google map to helping out other people
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Excellent #GoogleMaps 👌 1:11
Maps gives us mind and mind eyes .How can we deny the gifts that God bestowed us.Thank you my dear lord .👀
I would like to keep in touch with Duong Nguyen about having access to this fonctionnality in France.
I was a user of the Kapsys' Kapten all-in-one "no screen" GPS solution, which did a great job back in 2008 to help visually impaired people to better understand their surroundings, even if this wasn't the original intended purpose of this product !
As a GPS designed for "smart urbans" it still has the best voice guidance for cycle, motorbike (with increased sound compression to cover the sound of the motor !) and pedestrian navigation (with great guidance on intersections, ability to compute multi- itineraries with "railed" public transports (trramway / underground train)... and counter-clockwise guidance on roundabouts when it is shorter !).
And this was only a small part of what this tiny product can do ! See the user manual for more: fccid.io/XW2KAPTEN/Users-Manual/User-Manaul-II-1204097
Kapsys GPS evolved from this tiny sized GPS (about the size of a lighter !) into Kapten Mobility, mainly the same hardware with a string emphasis for blind people ("explore" function to follow nearby roads, ability to trigger speakers from traffic lights, ability to setup voice speed), and since 2017 a full-fledged smartphone based on Android accessibility.called "SmartVision2".
As a result I guess the Kapsys team would be very pleased to work with Duong Nguyen on improving pedestrian navigation further both for their product and for Google maps.
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Example
But why not 😢evelable in india.
Google wishes good for all people I love Google
this was really needed as google voice map narration sucked
I need job please help me I am from India
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Hope people that use headphones with this don’t solely rely on it and still be able to hear their surroundings.
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Was that a joke at :30? "...Her perspective is really eyes opening to me" lol
Why does she wear glasses if she's blind?
Good question. There are many degrees of being visually impaired.
She is not totally blind, she is legally blind. That means she can still see, just not very well at all. You are considered legally blind when you have an acuity of 20/200 or worse in your better even with glasses (20/20 is normal) and/or when you have a visual field of only 20 degrees. 20/200 vision means you can only see the big E on the top of the eye exam chart.
blind dogs in google maps ... 🤞😎