Can you install Windows into a virtual machine in Virtualbox without
sighted assistance?
On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:03 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Virtualbox *is* accessible on the Windows side, at least with NVDA.
Anyway, not relevant on this list, but...
On Nov 26, 2008, at 16:05, Jeffrey Shockley, Windows Desktop Edition
wrote:
Cool! It would be neat if it was also accessible on the Windows
side...
Jeffrey Shockley
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On 11/26/2008 8:03 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi Everyone
Well, I downloaded the latest Virtualbox, 2.0.6. Typically, I use
it via the command-line, and was in the process of running my new
Virtual machine when I noticed something very interesting. The
text in the information windows was accessible to Voiceover.
Needless to say, I dug deeper into this and am happy to report
that, with the exception of a few glitches, most of the Virtualbox
GUI is accessible with Voiceover now. Most of the glitches involve
lists, such as tables. Several of these aren't yet wrapped in
accessibility information, and so are reported as unknowns. When
you see an unknown in Virtualbox, try and interact with it. More
often than not it's a list or control group that you can actually
see the content of. Pop-up buttons also need work, but they are
useable, you need to work your way down through each choice
pressing enter on each one so that the pop-up button changes to
the new choice. The pulldown menu's won't read when you press the
pop-up buttons, so you need to work with them this way at present.
I'll report as I find more, but this is certainly a great start
from Sun in making Virtualbox accessible for all users, and was a
nice early present that I definitely did not expect :).
