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Accessibility for blind users #1343
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You reported against version 2.7.3. Have you also the same problem when running 2.8.1? I have just tested with Voice Over switched on and can get it to speak all text elements of a transfer (e.g. filename, status and progress). |
My apologies, I'm using v 2.8.1 (3290) just downloaded last night. I'll update the ticket properties to reflect the correct version. |
Thanks for the additional information. As you describe, it only works when hovering over the transfer item with the mouse, but it will say 'unknown' if it gets focus by using the keyboard. |
Note to self. The problem is that a item in the transfer window table view is a custom view. Refer to http://developer.apple.com/ue/accessibility/accessibilityincocoa.html |
I've skipped a few versions, but find the issue with reading the transfer tables still exists. Maybe a temp work around might be to add a status line presenting the same information? A user could enable/disable this extra status line under view. Of course it's easy for me to suggest something like this as I have no idea how much work it would take to implement :). Steve |
Milestone 3.2 deleted |
Using NSTableCellView would resolve this issue but this is only available in Mac OS X v10.7 and later. |
I am a blind Mac user using VoiceOver. I'm finding the program easy to use and for the most part, very accessible with the VoiceOver screen reader. There are, however, two areas I've thus far noticed that aren't readable with VoiceOver: The progress of transfers and any errors encountered during transfers. In both instances, VoiceOver sees the tables, however, the objects within the tables, i.e. the information, are unidentifiable resulting in VoiceOver saying, "unknown."
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Cocoa enough to suggest how this might be fixed. I am, however, willing to test newer versions for better VoiceOver compatibility. If I can help in any other way, please let me know steve@sawczyn.com
Thanks,
Steve
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