[Rwp] Slightly OT but maybe GREAT news about accessability

[Patrick Perdue]

QT accessibility has changed even in the last year or so.
In many cases, developers can simply compile with the latest QT 
libraries, and by default, gain more accessibility without trying.
It's still not amazing at it's best, though NVDA reads QT apps out of 
the box better than any Windows screen reader, as far as I'm aware.
In terms of audio stuff I use every day, Izotope RX is the best example 
I can think of. I can get around most of the interface with NVDA without 
any kind of scripting, though it is a bit odd, and when I last tried 
with Jaws, it was mostly useless.

This tool might help, though as many have said, this has yet to be seen 
in real-world applications.

On 3/17/2015 4:55 PM, Rusty Perez via RWP wrote:
> Yes, I have a very good example of this.
> I purchased a BeatBuddy last year. This is a guitar pedal style drum
> machine. The content managing software is completely inaccessible. It
> was developed in QT which I understand has accessibility features, but
> they were totally ignored. So I'm hoping that this solution might
> help.
>
> To be honest, the description makes it sound as though this could be
> dangerous technology in the hands of the right people, but I'm glad it
> can help us.
>
> Anyway, we'll see!
> Rusty
>
>
> On 3/17/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>> I heard about this over on midimag.
>>
>> We'll have to see how it goes.
>>
>> The issue mostly these days is that developer tools that can write cross
>> platform
>> ie, both mac and windows can be made a lot more accessible but no dev
>> wants to code their stuff twice.
>>
>> So these third party dev tools don't do it in a way which promotes the
>> accessibility
>> so we're left screen-scraping.
>> instead of having programming objects to get hold of.
>>
>> So I'm just really curious how this thing is gonna work to get hold of
>> information when there are no programatical
>> objects exposed,
>> well, you know someplace along the line.
>> that pretty picture turns in to an instruction set, and issues a command,
>> so maybe the found a way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/17/2015 2:58 PM, Jim Snowbarger via RWP wrote:
>>> Rusty,
>>> I haven't heard of this.  But, take the plunge, and let us know if your
>>> system still works afterword.  <grin>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Rusty Perez
>>> via RWP
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:45 PM
>>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>> Subject: [Rwp] Slightly OT but maybe GREAT news about accessability
>>>
>>> Following is a link to a demonstration of a program called AT Prime which
>>> calls itself an accessability optimizer for windows.
>>> www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=12436
>>>
>>> It sounds really intriguing basically digging deep in to windows to pull
>>> information normally unavailable to windows screen readers.
>>> I'm hoping it will open up a world of unaccessible plugins ETC.
>>>
>>> rusty
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