Re: [orca-list] making gnome applications work better with orca

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Yeah, that site is nice for coding in Windows but doesn't really help much
with Gnome or anything else in Linux.  It's a most unfortunate gap.

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Peter
Vágner
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:30 AM
To: Jude DaShiell
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] making gnome applications work better with orca

Hello,
I don't know this site verry well I have just skimmed it and tried the
search for gtk, atk however I have found nothing that might be usefull here
I am afraid.

Greetings

Peter
On 02.05.2013 12:12, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Have you checked out http://www.fruitbasketdemos.org/ yet?
>
> On Thu, 2 May 2013, Peter V?gner wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Are there some simple examples somewhere?
> > If possible I would like to learn more on this but as I understand it 
> > the most reliable method of working with this is by studying the source
code.
> > The most known app where there are custom componentes where there are 
> > custom atk interfaces implemented is evince. However I am afraid this 
> > is too complex for a beginner.
> > I would like to start with some simple UI components such as buttons, 
> > checkboxes etc. and then if If I will really be able to understand 
> > this move on to more complicated components such as lists, tables and tab
controls.
> > Greetings
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On 02.05.2013 07:02, Jason White wrote:
> > > Don Raikes <don raikes oracle com> wrote:
> > > > I have run into an application which is "almost" accessible.  Many 
> > > > of the controls are accessible, however, there are various 
> > > > scrollpanes which orca cannot read at all.
> > > To solve this, you need to find out why it's happening. The first 
> > > step is to collect Orca debug output, or run an AT-SPI monitoring 
> > > tool, to ascertain what the application is disclosing to Orca. If 
> > > the inaccessible components are custom user interface controls, they 
> > > probably won't support the required ATK interfaces and you'll need 
> > > to enter the source code of the application and make changes.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately there isn't a good guide to this.
> > >
> > > Essentially, if the application doesn't provide the information in 
> > > the first place, Orca can't read it. The most common reason for this 
> > > is that the developers of the application have written their own 
> > > user interface components, in which case there will be one or more 
> > > interfaces that have to be implemented.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out 
> > > how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out 
> > how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> jude <jdashiel shellworld net>
> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?

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