Re: inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread Alex Hall
Aple could not make it simpler to add accessibility. If the app is written in something other than Objective-C, you may have a problem, but anything that uses the native Mac APIs and frameworks can easily be made accessible. I don't have links on hand, but a google search for "accessibility prog

Re: inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Jean I personally don't use Skype, but several people on this list do, both on the Mac and on the iPhone. Although I know you will want to use this program instead at work, have you thought about putting Skype on your Mac so that you could check it out Since we know it's accessible? That woul

inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread jean parker
All: Thank you for all of the responses. You are correct that in many ways it is actually easier that it either works or it doesn't. It is also possible that some setting is not quite right. The program is one that allows voice communications over the internet. It has a similar function to Skyp

Re: inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi again True there's no settings that you can change to make an application work with voiceover, but since you are a new Mac user, you may not have done everything that you can do to make it work. That was why I asked what the program was. Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2013, at

Re: inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread Alex Hall
There is nothing you can do in any settings to get vo to work with an app. If the developer has not set things up correctly, the app won't work, and that's that. Apple makes it easy to figure out if an app will work or not: just try it, as you have. There are no Jaws or review cursors to try, no

Re: inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Jean Could you tell us a little more about the program? What program is it? Regards, Gigi On May 22, 2013, at 9:57 AM, jean parker wrote: > All: > This is my first time posting to this list but I have very much enjoyed all > the postings thus far. > I am a new Mac user having left Windo

inaccessible third party program

2013-05-22 Thread jean parker
All: This is my first time posting to this list but I have very much enjoyed all the postings thus far. I am a new Mac user having left Windows and Jaws. I need to use a third party program for a job function. I installed the program but it gives no Voiceover feedback. Since I am new to this,