One thing that I’ve found helps with Slack is to set the VO modifiers to allow caps lock as an option. My guess is that some sort of keyDown event gets fired whenever any key that would register does so (I.e. Option, particularly since it can be used to type extended characters), and pops focus into the input field. Caps lock is handled entirely by the OS (illustrated nicely by how many hoops we have to jump through to pass that key to VMware Fusion), and is thus not intercepted by Slack. Find is your friend. Search for “new messages since” to find the date of the last message, then search backward for that date to read what went on in your absence. One thing I can’t seem to do is close the pop-up windows such as, for instance, the search box, short of closing and reopening the app. If Slack are engaging in public discourse with their blind users, I’d love to chime in, since Slack seems to be part of my complete <strike>breakfast</strike> set of tools I need at my employer. > On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:19 AM, michael babcock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So hears how I’m using the desktop app: > #1, try not to tap “Option” (that jumps focus back to edit box). I know kinda > hard when using voiceover… > #2, use find for the text “esc” and that will take you to the end of the > conversation (channel) your in. > #3, use command+option+left or right to jump between conversations you’ve > opened since that instance of the app has been running. > Let me know if I can help any more :( and I hope they make it more > accessible. Love the concept of it, and am actively using it with a VA out of > India, so would love to have it working. > VOIP quality IMO is fairly good. > >> On Jul 13, 2016, at 2:29 AM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Michael, >> >> I’ll go check this out , it might be worthwhile. >> >> If only the desktop apps were more accessible, I’ll probanly have to use my >> iPhone. >> >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of michael babcock >> Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2016 5:05 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS >> >> Simon: >> Thanks for your message. >> Slack has created a #a11y organization, and they seem to be making things >> better. I’ll post one of the messages I got from the team a few hours ago: >> "Hi Michael, >> Thanks for coming back to me. Yes, there is an existing team that the >> accessibility community has created. This is a broad, public team on Slack >> with the goal of collaborating on accessibility solutions, technologies, >> etc. The current membership is already substantial and includes some of our >> engineers and folks from our accessibility team. Please feel free to share >> this with anyone who is interested. >> >> Here's the link to request an invite: http://web-a11y.herokuapp.com >> <http://web-a11y.herokuapp.com/>. >> >> “ >> And this was a follow-up to this message: >> "Bel (Slack) >> Jul 9, 9:32 PM PDT >> >> Hey there Michael, >> >> Thanks for getting in touch! We would love to hear all your suggestions on >> how we might improve the user experience for blind users. >> >> Accessibility is something we are working very hard to improve and our >> dedicated accessibility team are currently working on more features for our >> vision-impaired users. Please do let us know what your initial thoughts are >> on your experience and I will get our team involved from this side too. >> >> Thanks for taking the time to offer your help and feedback on this Michael, >> your insights are really valuable to our development. >> >> Warmly, >> >> -Bel" >> >> Hit up @slackhq >> And type >> /feedback your feedback here >> In any of the edit boxes on slack >> Note: in desktop app on Mac, hitting the option key seems to jump focus back >> to the edit box, kinda makes things hard when using voiceover :) >> >> On Jul 11, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> Thanks for this, I will definitely be looking into this. >> >> We’ve just started using slack at work for our messaging system as it’s not >> hosted locally therefore if systems go down we can still communicate with >> our teams nationwide. >> >> I have only been able to get it to work somewhat accessible on my iPhone but >> mac osx and windows desktop clients are pretty much crap accessibility >> So thanks this will be helpful. >> >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Michael Babcock >> Sent: Monday, 11 July 2016 2:08 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS >> >> Hey all! >> I’m posting this message because I’ve recently began using the platform >> called Slack for my team communication needs. >> It’s not the most accessible, e.g. Focus jumps around the place at times, >> and things could be designed better. That being said however, the platform >> can be used and it wouldn’t take much to make it more accessible. >> A few things from you, >> I contacted slack and they gave me positive feedback and state they have a >> team working on accessibility for future releases of the platform. >> Both on twitter and via email, they seem to be positive about wanting to >> improve accessibility. >> So if you click the link below, I’ll send you the email, shhh, I’m waiting >> for permission to just post its publicly… But more importantly, you can >> then ask for access to the channel. >> https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/74668 >> <https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/74668> >> I’m sure someone will post the email, so if you just want access to the >> channel shoot me a message at: >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> And I’ll get you in. 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