[NFBCS] non-Accessibility Featured software Support Requests

Tue Mar 1 02:37:44 UTC 2022

Sorry for not naming the software I was referring to.  The software is RT
Systems FT3D Programmer.

I also do not have JAWS.  My Department of Rehabilitations Counselor
suggested I work with and try the freely available options for now since I
still have some usable vision.

I sent RT support a message letting them know that it would be nice if their
software had a Dark Mode option and if not then at least let it be Windows
Accessibility Features capable which it is not.  I have not received a
response yet and I don't think I'll be getting one.

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doug Lee via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 5:42 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Doug Lee <dgl at dlee.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] non-Accessibility Featured software Support Requests

I can't be sure which software you mean from your message, but you may well
be describing the Radioddity GD-77S programming software application, DMR. I
have JAWS scripts and some documentation, including an audio tutorial
prepared by someone else, at https://www.dlee.org/dmr/ in case that's
helpful. I have no personal experience with the device though, and only the
limited experience with the app that was required for me to script around a
few problems with it.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 04:36:25PM -0800, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
Hello everyone,

I think this might have been covered before but can't seem to find the
messages right now.  It's more like I'm really irritated and don't feel like
doing a deep search on any message archives.

I'm working with some software that doesn't have a Dark Mode feature and the
developers have it so that the Disability Features in Windows doesn't work.
The screen I'm working with is still a very bright white with black text!

I still have some usable vision and still use it as much as possible and I'm
still learning how to use screen readers but don't practice it enough and I
don't know how it would work with this particular software anyway.  It's
like a spreadsheet with some drop down menus and check boxes in a few
columns of fields.  It doesn't navigate well or as well as a regular
spreadsheet where moving around with tab or arrows awkwardly move around
some fields and not in others.  I'm not sure a screen reader would work well
in this application.

I'm an Amateur Radio operator with a Technician's license and I'm trying to
use a 3rd party developed software to program my radio and having a bright
white screen in my face is starting to feel painful so I can only work with
it a few minutes at a time.

Is there a group to write to that could advocate for disability features?  I
think the developers of this program is such a small group that it might not
even be taken seriously by them.

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