Google Maps for Blind and Vision Impaired

A new pedestrian version of Google Maps has been developed especially for the Blind and Vision Impaired. This app can be downloaded to your iPhone and provides a user friendly and clear speech instruction for the user.

This app has been rolled out in the USA and Japan with intensions to make the app available in Australia in the near future.

Pasted below is a link providing a more detailed information and a video demonstration of the new Google Map Pedestrian version.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/10/20908882/google-maps-better-walking-directions-help-people-visual-impairments

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