helo.
the virtual box application at this time is not fully accessible to blind impaired users and can not be normally used by them. but in old versions, it was accessible.
VirtualBox contains many accessibility problems, but more then critical problem is inaccessibility of machine menu that appearing when host+home key combination pressed.
Also, the NVDA (http://nvaccess.org) - popular windows screen reader have this problems.
I has suggestion to VBox developers:
the NVDA has a special library called NVDA controller client.
this library allows any application to interact with NVDA by sending text to speak to this screen reader.
details on https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda
section "key project links", nvda controller client link.
I do not asking any big changes.
I'm also starting developer and i know that any GUI element has focused event.
If implement this DLL library to VirtualBox code and will send to it name of every machine menu item, possible without any localizations and status information, NVDA users will be able to use this important GUI item.
I think that this will be very easy to implement, but If this will be implemented, many blind users will be able to use this important GUI item.
I is new on this forum. If I wrote to inapropriat place, please refer me to apropriat forum.
accessability sagestion to virtual box
accessability sagestion to virtual box
Last edited by socratis on 22. Aug 2018, 17:13, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: accessability sagestion to virtual box
This post is not suitable for the "Windows Hosts" forum since it is not about the Windows Host.
Moving it to "Suggestions".
Moving it to "Suggestions".