[NFBCS] non-Accessibility Featured software Support Requests

Tue Mar 1 15:14:40 UTC 2022

Hello,

A powerful free  screen reader is the Nonvisual Desktop Access (NVDA) (https://www.nvaccess.org/).

You can also appeal the decision on not providing the kind of equipment you need such as JAWS and a Braille display.  You are the expert on your needs.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alan K. Martinez via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 8:38 PM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: alan.k.martinez.02 at gmail.com; 'Doug Lee' <dgl at dlee.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] non-Accessibility Featured software Support Requests

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://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlee.org%2Fdmr%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C0907c1ec3a7f4d34754208d9fb2caa7f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637816991525587359%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2F%2Fi3cUHBfRCoS%2B9eseNW35Ck0oqkVf6buoCEY4xusWY%3D&reserved=0 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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