[nfbcs] HPQC accessibility question

[Gary Wunder]

I think someone mentioned that it might be wise for you to try installing
NVDA, and you responded by saying that this would pose some difficulty
because you work for the federal government. I am finding that NVDA is quite
responsive in some new applications, and I think it is very defensible for
blind people to argue that we need more than one screen reader to take
advantage of the best state-of-the-art technology. Currently I use JAWS for
Windows as my primary screen reader, but there are times when System Access
and NVDA work better than JAWS for Windows. Although it is somewhat
irritating to consider having to learn another screen reader, I think that
is offset by the value that having another tool in your toolbox brings. I
still consider JAWS for Windows the best screen reading program I have, but
I certainly am glad that I have other tools to supplement it.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:54 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] HPQC accessibility question

Susie,

I played with HPQC on my job and found it to be difficult to use.  I did not
determine, though, if it was completely inaccessible or not before it turned
out I didn't need to use it.  Some of the other HP stuff I've tried is hard
to use but can work but they tend to use a lot of the modern browser
techniques.  

However, I would urge you to try to get some sort of contact with HP on
this.  Since you are working for the Federal government, there is a pretty
clear requirement that their product should be accessible, and it always
seemed to me that there was nothing in their product that couldn't be made
accessible without a littlw work.  
Also, there have been new versions since I tried it and they could be
better.  Be aware of the fact that some of these modern web-based
applications sometimes work better with the Window-Eyes Browse Mode or the
JFW Virtual Cursur turned off.  One has to experiment.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:40:06 +0000, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
wrote:

>Good morning Listers,

>I might need to use a system called HPQC which stands for Hulett 
>Packard Quality Center. It keeps track of issues
found in a testing situation. I believe it is not accessible. It is not on
my machine so I can't try it out. Do any of you have experience with this
system?

>Susie Stanzel




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