since calibar, is open source software a person can modify it i would think.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Clower" <[email protected]> To: "Dave Bahr" <[email protected]> Cc: "gw-info" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 2:29 PM Subject: Re: QT applications Dave, Crazy as it sounds, that's exactly what I'm saying. Imho, accessibility shouldn't be optional, but that's a diatribe for another day. Steve On 9/4/2012 3:27 PM, Dave Bahr wrote: > great! thanks for that. So, just to verrify, it is possible for the > accessible widgets to be installed but the application can still be > inaccessible? seems paradoxical, please correct me if I'm wrong? > > Dave C. Bahr > Facebook: Dave Bahr > Twitter: dcbahr > > On 9/4/2012 12:10 PM, Stephen Clower wrote: >> Dave, >> >> A good starting point is the QT Accessibility page at >> http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/accessible.html. Generally, if >> the author is using standard widgets, he just needs to compile in >> accessibility support. >> >> Steve >> >> >> On 9/4/2012 2:07 PM, Dave Bahr wrote: >>> ok, that all makes sense. My question though is, how can I advise the >>> author of the program to make it accessible? I know nothing about the qt >>> framework. Most people don't like to hear that their program is just >>> inaccessible, it's nice to give them suggestions at least that they can >>> act upon if they want. >>> >>> Dave C. Bahr >>> Facebook: Dave Bahr >>> Twitter: dcbahr >>> >>> On 9/4/2012 8:41 AM, Stephen Clower wrote: >>>> Dave, >>>> >>>> Typically if the accessible widgets aren't improving access to a QT >>>> program, then they are using a custom control set which provides no >>>> accessibility data, the widget library isn't compatible with the >>>> version of QT used to build the app or, what is most probable, is that >>>> accessibility support has been disabled for the program. >>>> Unfortunately, the means by which QT implements accessibility severely >>>> limits what any screen reader can do. Essentially, if accessibility is >>>> disabled, our hands are tied as there is no fallback method to get any >>>> useful context about where you are in a QT app as there is with Win32 >>>> programs. In this case I recommend contacting the program's author >>>> directly and letting them know their program isn't accessible. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/3/2012 6:04 PM, Dave Bahr wrote: >>>>> Hi list, >>>>> >>>>> I was wondering if anyone had any success accessing QT applications? I >>>>> have installed the QT-support App but have not had any luck with it. >>>>> When I start a QT application for the first time, I get the message >>>>> that >>>>> the accessible widgets have not been installed, would I like to >>>>> install >>>>> them now? I click yes but when the application is restarted there >>>>> is not >>>>> anything except a Treeview with nothing in it. I'm wondering if the >>>>> QT-support app and the widgets are conflicting with each other? >>>>> This is >>>>> a pity because there are some great open source applications out there >>>>> that use the QT framework and I would love to experiment with them but >>>>> they are not accessible. Does anyone have an idea about how to >>>>> troubleshoot this? Any suggestions are appreciated. Also, I've noticed >>>>> that the QT-support app has not been updated for a while. Is this the >>>>> reason some modern QT-based frameworks are not working? Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Dave C. Bahr >>>>> Facebook: Dave Bahr >>>>> Twitter: dcbahr >>>>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>>> sender >>>>> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>>>> message is >>>>> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >>>>> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>>>> >>>>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >>>>> can >>>>> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>>> >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >>> only. 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