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From: Angela French
Date: Tue, May 26 2009 9:25AM
Subject: Are Google Maps accessible?
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I have been thinking about incorporating the Google Maps API to show the location of the 34 technical and community colleges in our state (Washington). Does anyone know how accessible these maps (and details views) are to those who use assistive technologly?
Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
From: Randi Oomens
Date: Tue, May 26 2009 9:40AM
Subject: Re: Are Google Maps accessible?
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Hi There,
I use Voiceover with Leopard OS 10. I had never tried the maps before,
so I just went there. It somehow new that I use a screenreader,
because it said something like, screenreader users click here for
plain html. So I did, and entered University of Arizona. It allowed me
to enter my start address, and get directions in plain text. So,
sounds like it works from my end.
HTH,
Randi
From: Peter Krantz
Date: Tue, May 26 2009 10:35AM
Subject: Re: Are Google Maps accessible?
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Hi!
Martin Kliehm has provided som instructions on how to increase
keyboard accessibility for Google maps here:
http://learningtheworld.eu/2009/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/
This may be a good starting point for developers adding google maps to
a website.
Regards,
Peter Krantz
From: Kelly Ford
Date: Tue, May 26 2009 11:00AM
Subject: Re: Are Google Maps accessible?
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This screen reader line is present whether you are running a screen reader
or not.
<A class=offscreen href="http://maps.google.com/?output=html">Screen reader
users: click here for plain HTML</A>
From: Henny Swan
Date: Mon, Jun 01 2009 8:35AM
Subject: Re: Are Google Maps accessible?
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Another useful article written by Patrick Lauke is "Keyboard-
accessible Google Maps" http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/
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On 26 May 2009, at 17:30, Peter Krantz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Martin Kliehm has provided som instructions on how to increase
> keyboard accessibility for Google maps here:
>
> http://learningtheworld.eu/2009/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/
>
> This may be a good starting point for developers adding google maps to
> a website.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Krantz
>