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So why does it work with NVDA, the OP's choice of screen reader? I know for sure that it doesn't work with Narrator. So why does it work with a screen reader?įirst of all, Scintilla doesn't work with all screen readers. Scintilla is indeed a custom control, and it doesn't implement either of the Windows accessibility APIs (UI Automation or Microsoft Active Accessibility, let alone MSAA's unofficial extension IAccessible2). But you omitted an important part of that sentence you quoted from the website: "Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla". You're right about the advantage of using standard Win32 controls. Voiceover just doesn’t have the breadth of shortcut keys or customizability of Jaws for Windows which is my preferred screen reader despite its cost. I find the screen reader to be quite intuitive and there is a good tutorial to help you learn it. Luckily the 11 inch MacBook Air was the best ultra-book I could get at the time so I don’t feel like I wasted my money even though I boot into Windows 95% of the time.įor general use Mac OSX is pretty good. I find WSL to be quite good and accessible. While Mac OS did have easy availability of Unix tools as a plus that no longer is a point in its favor. I also find Voiceover on the mac does not have quite as many shortcut keys as my Windows screen reader when reading the web, for example I cannot jump to a heading at a specific level or move by region. This is disappointing since I find iOS to be much easier to use then Android.
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Apple has not put out any documentation on how to use XCode when blind that I’ve been able to find. While it’s technically possible to do drag and drop with Voiceover I can never get it to work correctly. As far as I can tell it’s impossible to create a simple app without using drag and drop in XCode. I’m totally blind and bought a Mac several years ago hoping to learn iOS programming.