[VBox-users] Accessibility in VirtualBox

[Øyvind Lode]

Thanks for this.
I'm currently running vbox 5.2 beta 1.
I successfully created a VM in v5.2 but could not select boot media.
I also have some issues navigating the list of vm's etc.
I've used vmware for quite some time but I'm now forced to move to vbox at work.
I would really enjoy to use vbox successfully and I would actually
prefer running an open source vm.
I'm running windows 7 and windows 10 as my host OS (multiple machines)
and I use nvda as my screen reader.

I would love to help testing vbox and help improve accessibility going forward.
Please let me know if some features need testing for accessibility.

On 30 August 2017 at 22:36, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
<mengualjeanphi at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Le 30/08/2017 à 22:11, Gregory Nowak a écrit :
>> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Michael Thayer wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We are currently re-doing accessibility in VirtualBox (specifically in
>>> the user interface, since Qt5 provides more accessibility support).  We
>>> were wondering if anyone reading this list would be able and willing to
>>> give us some feedback and advice.  Please get in touch if so (and please
>>> keep Sergey on CC, as he is not on the list).
>
> That is an excellent news for disable people. We have been waiting this
> for a long.
>
>> I can tell you that the menu that can be brought up while the guest is
>> running with I believe vbox+home hasn't been accessible for a long
>> time. While I myself am still running an older version of virtualbox,
>> I have heard from someone on the speakup list recently that this is
>> still the case in the latest vbox version.
>>
>> Also, when in the virtualbox GUI up/down arrow events change focus,
>> but the nvda screen reader under windows doesn't speak this
>> automatically. This is true when for example selecting among available
>> guests, selecting guest OS version, or selecting ram or virtual disk size.
>>
>> If there are versions with improved accessibility that I can provide
>> feedback on, I'm willing to test those. I'm also sending a cc to the
>> speakup list, since I know there are a few users of virtualbox there.
>
> The same for me. I add to complete the bug reports I did about it:
> - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/14327
> - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16133
> - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16137
> - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16993
> - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16994
>
> If I can help for tests, bug reports follow-up, etc, I will be glad with it.
>
> Regards,
>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>
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