Re: [Flightgear-devel] That blaring voice...

[Joshua M. <fli...@jo...>]

> Maybe, something like this could already be integraded into
> the launcher as this would probably be the first thing they
> interact. When one starts flightgear for the first time,
> give an audible and visual dialog, asking if you need
> this kind of accessibility aid. If user selects "no"
> remain silent. If the user selects "yes", have some
> screen reader accessibility. Idk if we already have that
> cause of Qt or if that would need additional work to
> make the launcher screen reader friendly/possible
> for screen reader at all.

I was just in the middle of typing out something exactly to this effect, I agree. As a Qt application the launcher lends itself to being capable of implementing accessible design.

An option in the launcher for enabling accessibility options would likely be a good approach instead of doing things inside the simulator. I would assume a screen-reader would struggle to function in the simulator itself.

Joshua

On Monday, September 30th, 2024 at 2:38 PM, merspieler <mer...@al...> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon Sep 30, 2024 at 6:42 PM CEST, Josh Davidson wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I fail to see how stating "need help use help tutorials"
> > And then blaring atc instructions and atis at you would help visually impaired users. And i certainly don't think the default should be on. It's an Accessibility feature, it should be off by default.
> 
> 
> No, it must be on, cause a blind being will not be able to blindly click
> through the menues and find the right button.
> Else it's not helping with out of the box accessibility.
> 
> I agree tho that the current message doesn't help them that much
> cause they don't even see where that help menu is.
> 
> Maybe, something like this could already be integraded into
> the launcher as this would probably be the first thing they
> interact. When one starts flightgear for the first time,
> give an audible and visual dialog, asking if you need
> this kind of accessibility aid. If user selects "no"
> remain silent. If the user selects "yes", have some
> screen reader accessibility. Idk if we already have that
> cause of Qt or if that would need additional work to
> make the launcher screen reader friendly/possible
> for screen reader at all.
> 
> 
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