Re: Need Help to Provide Feedback to a Developer
- From: David Tseng <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 15:57:48 -0700
What exactly are you trying to ask? I'm curious...do you know what win32 is?
On 5/29/11, Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But what support does JAWS have for straight Win 32?
>
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> Subject: Re: Need Help to Provide Feedback to a Developer
>
> Hey,
>
> Took a quick glance at the site page and it looks like he's probably using
> win32 to draw / set text directly to the screen. This makes the job of
> accessibility on the app side harder. Have you considered writing Jaws
> scripts for it? Unless he makes that list of strings focusable in some way
> (i.e. hosting the text in a read only textfield), it will be difficult to
> make it work.
>
> If he's instead using some kind of framework like MFC, then you can point
> him to the framework level support for MSAA.
>
> I would start with what Microsoft technology he's using to draw his UI and
> go from there.
> On 5/29/11, Roopakshi Pathania <r_akshi_tgk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I love playing with apps and then checking in with developers to make
>> the app in question completely accessible.
>>
>> One such app that I recently tried is called Listary. The left hand
>> side list is not navigable with a screen reader and the developer is
>> willing to make it accessible.
>> Listary is a great app. I'm pasting the URL followed by the
>> developer's comment I'm looking for some easy tips to address this
>> specific issue that can be passed on to the developer.
>> Do check the app out.
>> http://www.listary.com/
>>
>> The left panel in Listary Options outputs strings like "Recent" and
>> "Keyboard and Mouse" directly to screen. This makes some custom
>> effects possible, but other applications like a screen reader will not
>> be able to retrieve these strings.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Lenovo ThinkPad
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