[VBox-users] Accessibility in VirtualBox

[Øyvind Lode]

Ok, I just joined the vbox-users-community list.
Waiting approval from the moderator.


On 31 August 2017 at 09:40, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com> wrote:
> And by the way:
> vbox-users list.
> I would like to join that list.
> Is accessibility of vbox also discussed on that list?
> If someone have the subscription info, please share.
>
> On 31 August 2017 at 09:37, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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