We'll look into this. -- David Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi all! > During the last few days, I've been looking at BOINC, what it does and > what projects there are to which you can contribute. I really have to > say that I think the idea and concept of it is really, really awesome!!! > I've got a Mac Pro here, with 8 2.26ghz processor cores (2 Intel Quad > Core Nehalem processors), and would really like to contribute all my > computer's processor power that I don't use to BOINC projects. I am > blind and use the screen reader that comes with Mac Os x (since 10.4 > Tiger). This screen reader is called Voice over, and is really the > best computer screen reader I've ever seen!!! It can be activated on > any Mac using command-f5, or fn-command-f5 on a Mac Book. > Unfortunately, Voice over doesn't work with all applications that are > available for the Mac. This can be because of too many graphics, > unlabeled buttons and areas of the program, etc. Apple provides a lot > of documentation on application accessibility for registered > developers, and it shouldn't be a big problem to comply to them. > BOINC, unfortunately, is one of the few programs that won't work with > Voice over. Voice over will only say "unknown" in the whole program > window, and there seems to be no way to really use BOINC and set it > up. As with all great programs, I think there is probably a large > developer community behind BOINC. So, I am just wondering, would it be > possible to make changes to the GUI so it will work with Voice over? > There many other blind Mac users who would love to contribute to > BOINC, so optimicing it for accessibility would certainly pay off as > more users will be able to join BOINC projects. If this would somehow > be possible to achive, I'd most appreciate that! I can provide more > information on Mac accessibility and voice over if required, though I > unfortunately can't help making the actual application accessible due > to lack of programming skills. However, I'll be happy to test any > experimental BOINC builts to see if they work with Voice over. > Thanks to all of you for reading this, and have a great day! > Robin > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
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