[Blindmath] software accessibility inquiry

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I will discuss Oracle because the others I could answer about I did so 
in response to your question to the nfb-science list.

Depends a bit what they mean by Oracle. If it means using the Oracle 
database system, creating SQL scripts and/or maintaining a database then 
yes that can be done. However I know that Oracle have many other 
products which may or may not be accessible. For example Oracle have 
SQLDeveloper as an open-source product, but there were accessibility 
issues with it with Orca (a few years ago) and when I contacted them 
about it they basically said that as its an open-source product it was 
not required to meet their accessibility standards. However in the case 
of SQLDeveloper it was not too much trouble as there are alternatives 
from elsewhere. Also Oracle do have some accessibility information on 
their website, but how useful that would be to you I don't know 
(normally its fairly general and may not really reflect what you may 
experience with your screen reader because they considered it with other 
tools).

Also thinking about it, it might be worth finding out from the company 
how critical knowledge of those tools is to the job. If they consider 
the knowledge critical then consider your chances of getting it as 
someone who lacks skills they ask for. I don't know about the US, 
however here in the UK there are government schemes to help provide 
support to disabled people do their jobs, potentially if an application 
is inaccessible then here in the UK you could seek someone to support 
you use it.

Michael Whapples
On 27/06/2012 16:39, aerospace1028 at hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I waslooking at a job-posting and found the following requirement.
>
> "Knowledge and ability to use MS Windows/Word/Excel. Ability to learn and utilize MS Access, Oracle, Everest, Testworks data acquisition systems, and Minitab statistical programs."
>
> I've used office tools before.  I've never used Oracle, Everest, Testworks or Minitab.  Has anyone here run into any of these programs/suites/vendors before?
>
> I'm comfortable using either JAWS or NVDA under Windows.  I don't have enough useful vision to make magnification an option.
>
> Even if the GUI isn't that great, if I can funnel i/o through excel or text-files to get access to the relevant information? 		 	   		
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