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Annabelle Susan Morison
Hi, it's
Annabelle.
I've been working
with Atmosphere Deluxe (http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/atmdeluxehome.htm),
and I want to help Vectormedia Software redesign their interface so it works
with JAWS. currently, the program is in Visual Basic, which has a hard time
being recognized by JAWS, especially since some of the controls are spoken the
exact same way (JAWS says "Graphic 0"), despite the fact that each one is
different. For example, some of the controls are buttons, and some are sliders,
and some are checkboxes. I can't seem to customize them with Frame Viewer, as
some of these controls, at least to JAWS, look exactly identical. So now that
brings up my question, how can I help Vectormedia Software to trade Visual Basic
for a programming language that is universally understood by most screenreaders,
but especially JAWS? I was thinking they could redesign the interface to look
like the main browser of the Windows operating system. Or even something that
can be recognized by all operating systems. Kind of like what Applied Acoustics
of Canada (http://www.applied-acoustics.com)
does with their physical models of guitars. From what I understand, Strum
Acoustic and Strum Electric, made by Applied Acoustics, are designed with C++.
If you download Atmosphere Deluxe from http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/atmdeluxedown.htm,
you'll be able to understand what I mean when I say the interface of Atmosphere
Deluxe is only partially recognized by JAWS. Back in an Email dated May 1, 2010
at 11:23 AM, one of the reps at Vectormedia Software said they could possibly
redesign their interface from scratch, but I haven't heard anything from them
regarding that or any other questions I have since August 1, 2012 at 3:47 AM. I
sure hope the company's still around, because they haven't updated their website
since July 22, 2012.
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