Re: [orca-list] accessible audio editor

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

this is quite true.  Wxwidgets being somewhat inaccessible is
something longstanding and well-known.  It's a shame since there are
lots of very nice applications that are written in this library which
the a11y issues keep us from using.  To work on it, I believe you have
to have the following going for you:

1.  Be knowledgeable in c++.
2.  Have the time.
3.  Have the willingness.
4.  Understannd accessibility in a Linux environment with at-spi well
enough to tweak the library.

I made peace with the fact that this is moste unlikely to get fixed
and just keep away from wxwidget apps in Gnome altogether.  I'm glad
to hear that Audacity works as well as it does though.

Alex M


On 3/25/13, Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Unfortunatelly these things appear to be accessible under windows.
> I am afraid these are wxvidgets or wxgtk issues.
> On linux this toolkit does not implement proper accessibility for lists,
> tables and treeviews.
> I am afraid this is not going to be fixed at least not anytime soon
> unless anyone knowledgeable and passionate enough is willing to kick in.
>
> Greetings
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 25.03.2013 00:41, Jason White wrote:
> > Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:
> > > I use Audacity for recording and editing. Effects need a little flat
> > > review love, since the first widget in a window doesn't get focus as it
> > > should. Also, the tabs on the preferences window are only announced as
> > > panels, but the options work fine. Also, if you have multiple tracks,
> > > you need to count from the top or bottom beep to find which one to
> > > select.
> > Have you reported these and any other issues to the Audacity developers
> > as
> > bugs?
> >
> > One of the principal authors of Audacity, Dominic Mazzoni, now works in
> > accessibility at Google. I don't know whether he is involved in Audacity
> > anymore however.
> >
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