[Blindtlk] mapquest

[Ron Poire]

Hi Brice and all,
At this stage of the game,
I can't even get to the directions, as far as I know.
Thanks for the tellme suggestion and Google Maps, which might work for me.
Thanks much,

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brice Smith" <brsmith2424 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] mapquest


> Ron,
> could you not simply save the text dirrections to a word or text file,
> by coppying them and pasting them into the document?
> Alternatively, you could always use google Maps, which I find are much
> better anyway.
> Next, I know that phone systems such as tellme, at least the last time
> I checked, offer the same mapquest dirrections except over the phone.
> It's slow, but a decent way of getting information when you're time
> and access to a computer is limited.
> finally, provided you have the money, you could purchase a GPS system
> -- the system would provide you on-the-route information to the places
> you are going.
>
> -Brice
>
> On 12/18/08, Ron Poire <rpoire at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have been using Mapquest for the last several years, to find my way to
>> various places.
>> Just recently, Mapquest wants me to download the Mapquest toolbar, and 
>> sign
>> in with AOL, if I want to save a map.  I currently am unable to print the
>> map or directions either.  In fact, I am unable to view the directions as 
>> in
>> the past.
>> Since I travel to various homes in my business, this is almost like 
>> losing
>> my right arm.
>> For example, I have a school in St. Paul, and a church in Inver Grove
>> Heights, in the same trip.  Now, I won't be able to figure out how to get
>> between the two places.
>>
>> What is the best solution for getting the type of info I need?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Ron Poire
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