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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by Brakenshire on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:12AM (#14946904)
> IMO it is understandable that fixing some piece of proprietary software is not a top priority. I believe it's more appropriate for the author to rant against JAWS for not caring about QT, than the other way around.

Worth pointing out, JAWS is proprietary, but it is also very widely used. I'd imagine its user-base is many, many times that of NVDA (which is the open source equivalent).

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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by bjpbakker on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:18AM (#14946938)
Yeah sorry about that. Maybe "some" seems a bit too careless. Not intended that way.

Substituting it for "the most popular proprietary screen-reader software" still doesn't change anything on my opinion though :)

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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by rbehrends on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:29AM (#14946985)
It is not a realistic option for an author of accessible software to ignore JAWS. Obviously, open source software has no obligation to support accessibility, but that means that it'll be used less (this does not just affect visually impaired people, but also organizations and companies that have a need or obligation to keep their systems accessible; ADA compliance, for starters).

So, yes, open source programmers are perfectly within their rights to ignore that audience, and that audience is perfectly within its rights to not use open source software that doesn't meet their accessibility needs and to warn others and advocate against the use of such software.

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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by Sean1708 on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:51AM (#14947119)
If the linked bug[0] is to be believed it sounds like JAWS are ignoring QT, rather than the other way around.

[0]: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-53024

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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by SyneRyder on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:43AM (#14947353)
I'm not sure about that - it also mentions that Qt is incompatible with Microsoft Narrator. If it doesn't work with the screen reader that comes bundled with the operating system, it suggests Qt is doing something wrong.
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Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge... by falcolas on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:33AM (#14947295)
A distinction without a difference, if you're trying to write accessible software. QT promised something it couldn't deliver.

Marketing at its finest. /s

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