screen readers

[Phil Davis]

Thank you Mark. I think your assessment of this matter is probably accurate.

Phil


On 8/26/15 12:38 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> As far as I know, LiveCode is currently incompatible with screen 
> readers. This issue has been reported at 
> http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7286 but I don't get the 
> impression that RunRev has a serious interest in fixing this. One of 
> the comments says widgets will solve it, but that would only apply to 
> widgets and not to the "script" environment, as opposed to the widget 
> builder environment, including any of the current controls, windows, 
> stacks and cards, since those aren't widgets.
>
> A programmer who works for me has used a screen reader with Xojo an 
> told me it works as expected. All controls are "visible" to him and 
> his screen reader doesn't crash all the time.
>
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>
> Mark Schonewille
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> On 8/26/2015 21:04, Phil Davis wrote:
>> Has anyone been able to make desktop stacks work with screen readers?
>> I'm experimenting with the Mac's VoiceOver utility (included with OS X),
>> and VO doesn't know how to interact with a stack - it identifies the
>> window as "unknown" and doesn't allow you to interact with its
>> elements/objects.
>>
>> Thanks for any tips or insights you can share any tips from your
>> experience.
>>
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Phil Davis