FYI response from BusyMac below. Not particularly promising, but who knows. Maybe he'll get around to it one day.
Begin forwarded message: From: BusyMac <[email protected]> Subject: BusyCal Support [BusyMac Support #32693] Date: 31 October 2013 3:11:47 PM AEDT To: [email protected] Hi Nic, Thanks for the note. I'm sorry that BusyCal is not fully Voice Over compatible. I'll add your request to the wish list. Regards, -John [email protected] On Oct 30, 2013 08:17 PM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear BusyCal Support Team, > > I downloaded the trial of BusyCal for Mac. I absolutely love the features in > BusyCal, which are so sadly missing in the native OS X Calendar. > > However, unfortunately I haven't been able to use BusyCal properly. > > I use VoiceOver—Apple's built-in screen reader for OS X—to access my Mac. > Voiceover is a utility for people who are blind or have low vision. It reads > out information on the screen and allows users to control the Mac with the > keyboard. > > All the controls, preferences etcetera of BusyCal are accessible with > VoiceOver, but sadly the actual calendar part of the application—presumably > listing the days of the month and events etcetera—appears completely > inaccessible with VoiceOver. From a VoiceOver user's perspective, the > calendar part of the app is invisible. > > It would be fantastic if you could make your app accessible with VoiceOver. > Thankfully, Apple makes this much easier than one might expect, given the > support for VoiceOver it builds into the Mac. > > Apple provides an introduction for developers on accessibility in OS X, > including VoiceOver, at the following link: > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXIntro/OSXAXintro.html > > Apple provides a general overview of VoiceOver for consumers here: > http://www.apple.com/accessibility/osx/voiceover/ > > Additional information for developing apps that are accessible to VoiceOver > users can be found on the AppleVis website at: > http://www.applevis.com/information-app-developers > > I would gladly welcome any news from BusyMac if/when you improve its > accessibility so I can spread the word among the community of VoiceOver > users. Additionally, if there are any settings, configurations or the like > which you believe might assist VoiceOver users in accessing BusyCal please > let me know. > > Many thanks for your time and consideration. > > Kind regards, > Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
