Hello. I had to reinstall all the software on my iPhone.
I now have it set to the United Kingdom. On 13 De uc 2012, at 05:02 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Kawal, > > If I remember correctly, don't you have your region set to the United > States so you can use the US English voice? That may be your problem. > > I really don't think Apple intends for people to set their region to > something different from where they are at. Of course it would be nice if > they made it possible to simply let Voiceover users choose whichever voice > they preferred as their default voice and to allow for downloading let's say > at least 2 high quality voices.which would also mean > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:43 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Maps on iPhone 4 with IOS6 > > When I open the Maps, although I'm living in the UK, it says that it cannot > locate anything as it wants to display the US Maps. Also how can I get turn > by turn directions automatically? > > Kawal. > > On 13 Dec 2012, at 09:39 AM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I completely agree, from the perspective of a VoiceOver user Apple >> Maps definitely seems to be a better bet, though I must say I've had >> little success with sliding my finger around to explore the map. >> Whenever you approach a street VoiceOver gives you a chance to pause >> to follow it, which seems to mess up the orientation of the map. The >> same happens when you reach another street. This is really hard to >> explain and I'm not sure whether you or others can comment, but for >> instance if you are moving your finger towards the top of the screen >> and you reach a street which you want to follow to the right, you >> would expect to start sliding to the right to follow it, but this >> seems not to be how VO and Maps interact. >> >> Accuracy hasn't been an issue for me either and vehicle turn by turn >> directions are nice to have on the lock screen. I truly do miss >> transit directions, as I'm invariably running late and it used to be a >> tremendous resource to be able to open Maps and glance at them. But >> it's not too much trouble to place an icon to an alternative website >> where you can check transit directions on the home screen. >> >> Grant >> >> On 12/13/12, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The maps app on iOS 6 had problems for the first few weeks. I have not > heard >>> about any problems for the past month or so. The maps app uses a data > feed >>> to internet servers, so the fixes occur in the back-end. >>> >>> From an accessibility perspective, Apple Maps is much better than the > older >>> Google Maps. You can now slide your finger around the display and audibly >>> explore the map. It is similar to what has been available on Android for > a >>> while now. >>> >>> I have not had any difficulties with Apple Maps on my iPhone. >>> >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 13/12/2012, at 19:44, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> guys, >>>> I'm thinking of upgrading to IOS6 on my iPhone 4. What's restraining me >>>> is the stuff I keep hearing about how the Maps on IOS 6 really suck. > has >>>> anyone had any experience getting from A to B using the new maps app? > How >>>> reliable is it? I heard that they fired the guy responsible for it a > few >>>> weeks back. >>>> >>>> anyway, I'd appreciate any feedback. >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> If I decide it sucks, is it even possible to downgrade back to IOS 5? >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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