RE: Oracle database facilities and screen readers

G'day Gerry,

If I recall right Oracle's Enterprise Manager web based GUI required the
modification of an attribute in one of the XML config files to make it
"more" accessible.  A long time back I remember doing this and find that it
actually made a difference then thinking afterwards how silly it was to
force people to explicity turn accessibility on... if I find the docs which
highlight this aspect I'll pass it along.

BTW, which version of Oracle are you trying to use?

BTW, as for Toad and other offerings like SQLDeveloper, hmmmmm... as this is
a public forum I'll refrain from posting a comment regarding accessibility
on the grounds someone might get really (and I mean really) upset.

Cheers.
AB

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerard Ellis
Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2009 6:19 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Oracle database facilities and screen readers

Hi,

I have recently tried both Toad and Enterprise Manager and could not get 
around the gui. I have given up for now, but would be delighted to hear from

anyone who has had more success than I had.

SQLPlus is accessible, but the output from a Select wraps around if the 
result is greater than the width of the screen. Even my sighted work 
colleagues say it is virtually impossible to interpret the output when this 
happens.

If you read the web sites of the makers of all of the above they will say 
that their software is accessible. They even have documents describing their

VPATs, which are voluntary adherence to accessibility standards. Where is 
the independent verification????



Take Care,

Gerry Ellis
Dublin, Ireland

If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Oracle database facilities and screen readers


>I access Oracle using sqlplus which is a command line client. It is 
>accessible although it is not as friendly as mysql client for MySQL.
>
> Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "blind programming" <ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:15 PM
> Subject: Oracle database facilities and screen readers
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there anyone out there using a screen reader and doing Oracle DBA work

>> successfully?  I have heard from Oracle that their courses and tools are 
>> considered accessible.  I am considering moving into that arena but 
>> wanted to see if anyone else had been successful with a screen reader or 
>> not.
>>
>> Thanks.
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