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Re: why would a desktop app not work with a screen reader?

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From: Tyler Shepard
Date: Dec 10, 2020 1:14PM

not to get too technical but screen readers such as JAWS/NVDA/Voiceover use
what is known as the accessibility tree to read content. I know that is how
it is done with the web but not sure how it is done with apps. I learned
about the accessibility tree from youtube hope that helps or opens some
kind of conversation.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 2:51 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> It's probably the app, not the screen readers. Especially if none of them
> work with the app.
> Quoted from www.access-board.gov
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> software, websites, multimedia such as video, phone systems, and copiers."
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> Including hardware and software.
> Most likely the developer of the app didn't make it accessible.
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> Subject: [WebAIM] why would a desktop app not work with a screen reader?
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> Perhaps too broad of a question and probably depends on the technology, but
> we installed a desktop app on both the PC and the Mac and NVDA, JAWS, and
> VoiceOver could not be used with the app. You couldn't navigate to any
> elements with VO (ctrl+opt+shift+downarrow didn't do anything) and when
> tabbing on the PC, the screen reader was silent. Even Microsoft's
> Accessibility Insights couldn't find any elements in the app. Kind of hard
> to test when nothing registers with assistive technology.
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