[NFBCS] Accessibility for programmers

[Tracy Carcione]

Kevin, I think the tools can be accessible, but hidden behind a
problematic user interface.  For me, SQL Management Studio, very
accessible, but reached through Citrix, which takes a deal of effort to
access and keep access current.

And sometimes a user interface is "accessible", but is so clunky it takes
a screen reader user much longer to do something that it takes a sighted
person with a mouse.

I know it's kind of a gray area, but it still affects people.
Tracy

> Programming is mostly accessible with today's systems.  Sure, Java can
> be a bit of a pain but that can be dealt with.  When we talk about
> something not accessible we are talking about getting down to the A P I
> level which is up to the developer.
>
>
> On 2/25/2020 10:10 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
>> When I was complaining about 3270 accessibility a couple weeks ago, some
>> people seemed to say that it was because 3270 emulation is old and not
>> used so much anymore.  I see that.  I know I'm a bit of a dinosaur.
>> But this morning, I thought I saw an opportunity to start moving out of
>> the old legacy system and into another system supported by my group.  I
>> asked my boss about the possibilities, and he said that that would be
>> fine, except that system has a lot of Citrix-hosted applications, and we
>> know making Jaws and Citrix play together is a real pain.
>> Citrix is common as dirt.  I think my whole IT department uses it a lot,
>> but not me.  I know how to get Jaws to work with it, but it takes quite
>> a
>> bit of coordination, and, if that coordination is with outside vendors,
>> it's even more complicated.
>>
>> I think Jack is right.  We of NFBCS should be working on accessibility
>> for
>> programmers.  I don't know what that would entail, but I think we need
>> to
>> do it, or we'll have more and more problems.  The things we need access
>> to
>> are a lot more complicated than Granny getting her email.
>> Now, please, tell me I'm all wet, and there are simple solutions to my
>> problems.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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