Hi David, I've just installed Visual Studio 2017, for which Microsoft has taken and is taking great pains to improve its accessibility. The bulk of the code of my apps, and probably the same can be said for most Window-Eyes apps, is vbScript, and what else is this but a stripped-down version of Visual Basic. Rick Thomas is a user of Visual Studio, and speaking with him on the phone a few times over the last year or so has encouraged me to see that it allows fairly easy development of Visual Basic programs with user interfaces that can be created quite easily, and certainly much easier than was possible in the past. Further, the code can be compiled into stand-alone executables, and so they'll be accessible to any and all screen readers. Here's an article from Cool Blind Tech about the improvements to the accessibility of Visual Studio with additional helpful links:
https://coolblindtech.com/microsoft-releases-visual-studio-2017-with-accessibility-improvements/ and here's the accessibility tips page they cite: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bkxh4340.aspx?wt.mc_id=DX_879024 I installed Visual Studio just yesterday, and to get you going, I recommend going to Microsoft's Visual Studio installation page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/install-visual-studio I had to go there myself because the current version of Visual Studio, which just came out last week, doesn't install any coding support whatsoever until you choose something from the installer, and I was scratching my head trying to figure out why I could not even create a simple dialog box with the corresponding code blocks, which used to be a basic feature of Visual Studio. Anyway, off we go into a different world, with a new screen reader, and lots of work to do. (smile) Let's keep in touch, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Scripting [mailto:scripting-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of David via Scripting Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 11:49 AM To: Aaron Smith <ajsm...@vfogroup.com>; Window-Eyes Scripting List <scripting@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: migrating apps I do understand that an app that has been developed under the great scripting capability of WineEyes, will not be possible to simply plug in under Jaws. At least, it is my understanding, that Jaws has its own dedicated scripting system. Still, a number of apps, both officially released and many that I have developed for my personal usage, would be a great miss when migrating. Whenever the migrating will be. Smile. Now, is there a way for me, to make my apps become stand-alone, in the sense that they could be run under any screen reader? That they still would be using features like the UI capabilities and other functionality of for instance GWToolkit? I do understand, that apps that make great usage of, or directly works with internal features of WinEyes, may not be possible to run under any other screen readers, since they won't have any functionality to hook on to. But an app like for instance the "remind me where", that Chip Orange developed, and which base its main functionality on information from the net, and greatly on the UI environment of WinEyes scripting, sould such a program be possible to make go general? Sure I could have thought of a good number of other apps that I have come to rely on, and which would have been great to see under other screen readers. Guess my basic question is, what would I need to do in my app code, to make it possible to run outside the WinEyes environment, if that is at all possible? And if realistic, does there exist any sample code that I can look at, so as to see it done in practicality? Thanks, _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com
