[NFB-Science] OpenSCAD accessibility with NVDA screen reader

[Michael Cantino]

Hi Shai,
I would assume so?? I didn't take the time this morning to install the
latest versions of NVDA and OpenSCAD, but I did do a quick test with my
currently installed versions. Everything seemed to work as I expected.

I'm not really a wiz in OpenSCAD. I'm not sure how to move NVDA's focus to
the Console in OpenSCAD which provides updates on processing and errors,
etc. That said, NVDA will move through the Editor just fine and allow you
to read and edit the scripts there. Rendering and exporting models also
works just fine. I did find that, when NVDA hit a blank line in the editor,
it would repeat the text from the previous line, which could get a little
confusing. I don't think empty lines serve any purpose in OpenSCAD though,
so maybe this is something that can be easily avoided.

I did run into issues accessing OpenSCAD with a screen reader years ago.
Jim Allan at TSBVI told me to update OpenSCAD, and it's been working fine
for me ever since. *Caveat, I'm a sighted tech trainer, so this isn't my
primary means of 3D modeling.

Below are the versions that I tested this morning. I would guess that newer
versions would work just as well (hopefully!).

   - OpenSCAD version 2021.01
   - NVDA 2023.1.0.27913

Good luck!

Michael Cantino (he/him)
BVIS Technology Professional Development Specialist
Northwest Regional Education Service District
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