[oXygen-user] New Member asking about accessibility to blind users via a screen reader

[Radu Coravu]

Dear Keith,

We have a topic in the Oxygen User's manual about installing and using 
Oxygen with screen readers like JAWS and NVDA:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/22.1/ug-editor/topics/accessibility.html

During the last years we've spent some effort making Oxygen better to 
use with narrators, initially we used JAWS and in the last year or so we 
switched to using mostly NVDA when testing Oxygen for accessibility 
problems.

Although not perfect as you may still find a dialog which is not 
accessible, our accessibility support is increasing, we've started more 
and more testing components for accessibility in our quality assurance 
stages.

One of our end users has helped us quite a lot with feedback on this 
aspect and due to him our accessibility support has increased. The 
accessibility topic in the user's manual to which I linked above has 
shaped by these interactions and discussions with him, trying to 
establish some kind of workflow allowing people to use Oxygen with NVDA 
or JAWS.

If you are interested in trying out Oxygen before buying a license, just 
tell us and we can provide you with an extended trial license to us. I 
would be quite happy to receive feedback from you related to using 
Oxygen with a screen reader.

There is also a VPAT accessibility conformance report we filled in 
Oxygen 22.1:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/22.1/ug-editor/topics/vpat.html

Regards,
Radu

Radu Coravu
Oxygen XML Editor

On 5/21/20 4:02 PM, Daniel Creasy wrote:
> Hello everyone. Some of you may not be aware of what a “screen reader” is or that blind developers can use onee to develop software. Most of you probably are.
>
> I’ve done a lot of work with XML, mostly using a text editor and have tried Oxygen XML in the past. I’m interested in learning about the current state of accessibility and would love to find some docs or articles about it. I’m considering purchasing a personal license but don’t want to invest that much money into something I can’t use fully.
>
>
> Any comments or references would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Keith Creasy
>
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