Amanda Lacy <lacy925@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I just found an app which will supposedly allow me to do this for the > reasonable price of just $498/year! Is there a way to do this for free > the way sighted people are able to? (Not GPS, just using commands to > virtually explore a map like in a computer game.) Is emapspeak still a > thing? Yeah emapspeak is still a thing. Start it with M-x gmaps. You'll need to look at the mode help with C-h m to get a list of the keyboard commands. But this is just for getting directions and finding nearby places, not textually exploring a map. The nearby places feature requires one of those annoying API keys. I'm going to try to get mine after I send this. The directions don't require the key. A good friend of mine has been saying for years that it would be great if we could explore the map for an unknown physical area using MUD-style interaction. It would especially help those of us who really struggle with orientation. I know people who can navigate in a MUD just fine, but they have difficulty with orientation to real streets. As far as I know, there's no free software on Linux which does this. If you have an Android device, there's a free app called Intersection Explorer that does let you explore a map. The paid navigation app Nearby Explorer also has that feature. It only costs a $79 one-time fee rather than a yearly $498. The free Intersection Explorer came out of the eyes-free project at Google. At one time, it was part of Google Maps, but it seems to have been split off into a separate application once more. -- Chris _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list