[jawsscripts] Re: Troubles with iTunes in Win XP
- From: Trouble <trouble1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:21:56 -0400
It does work with voice over. However, the
windows version they are not to worried with,
because they have few programs for windows. So
they just make it work with windows. It is up to
the makers of windows screen readers to handle that job.
At 07:32 AM 3/13/2012, you wrote:
>Yeh, but how does it run on a Mac with VoiceOver? I'm sure they test it
>on their own hardware with their own OS and their own screen reader.
>I've never been sure what Apple's motivation was to spend resources
>making iTunes accessible on Windows when they could just respond by
>telling everyone it works with VoiceOver.
>
>On 13/03/12 06:19, Geoff Chapman wrote:
> > Far out! Apple seriously drive me insane with what they're always dooen to
> > break itunes accessibility with nearly every version they bring out! don't
> > you reckon John?
> >
> > it's got a serious refreshing conflict/focus syncronization difficulties
> > already, with jaws I reckon, in the itunes store, which makes using it a
> > total pain in bottom difficulty, which either FS or apple reeeally should
> > attend to in my view, fix, and now they've broken preferences dialog? my
> > goodness.
> > nobody obviously tests each release for this stuff before they release it
> > eh. why on earth not! I cry. in the
> wilderness no doubt. has anyone ansered
> > you on this email adress you've got here below before John? Do they even
> > monitor it realistically?
> > I'll jolly email them as well if so!
> > I've kept itunes 10.3 and jaws 11 on this laptop here for exactly these
> > reasons! 10.4 they messed around with the tab
> order of where the search box
> > occurred, and then tried to do automatic jumps of focus after search has
> > completed into the iTunes store, thus meanig that if you hit f6 then, when
> > it'd done that, in the midst of it trying to get itself together re the
> > refreshing conflict, you'd crash the thing sooo jolly easily!
> >
> >
> > grrr!
> > sorry for the rant peeps.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Martyn" <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:26 AM
> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Troubles with iTunes in Win XP
> >
> >
> >> This is going to sound a little strange, but now in the preferences
> >> window,
> >> when you tab, it skips all the objects contained within that window. It
> >> only
> >> happens under the first two tabs, but the rest of them work fine. This
> >> problem started with iTunes 10.6 and happens with or without the blind
> >> tunes
> >> scripts.
> >> My question is, can I walk through focusing objects if I know the window
> >> handle of the preference window? I was thinking for XP systems, I could
> >> create a tab and shift tab key script that will walk through the objects,
> >> but I don't see any function that could do this. I am really at a loss as
> >> to
> >> what I can do for XP systems other than email accessibility@xxxxxxxxx and
> >> pray they hear my message.
> >>
> >> The tab key as it is in XP just jumps to SDM controls though you can
> >> change
> >> the tabs just fine. I am guessing apple removed the tab index somehow.
> >>
> >> What should I do? If I can fix it for XP systems, I'd like to because
> >> apple
> >> most likely isn't going to do something for the old XP operating system.
> >>
> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> I am using the focusChangedEventX to work with the object elements. If I
> >> use
> >> the objectStateChanged Event iTunes goes nuts and doesn't respond.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> John Martyn
>
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