http://mobilespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-to-v102/ A blog dedicated to various issues affecting the use of cell phones Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://mobilespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-to-v102/#comment-524 Amir Thu, 15 May 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://mobilespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-to-v102/#comment-524 Hello Jonathan, Nokia Communication Center (beta) isn't satisfactorily accessible with Windows screen readers, namely JAWS, Window-Eyes and NVDA. The installation is trouble-free, however, after successfully launching the application and pairing it with a handset (the N82 and the 5700 in my case), getting screen readers to read its control titles is very difficult. For instance, if you tab around in the main application window with JAWS 9.0.2152, you'll hear the word "button" quite frequently. The application has a tree view which displays all your contacts. While the tree view itself is pretty much readable, once you press the Applications key and select either "Edit" or "New" to modify/create a contact, tabbing around wouldn't help you much because you can't understand which editable field belongs to which contact field. Worst of all, its editable controls cannot be read by pressing Left/Right arrow keys, thereby making editing/correcting entered text a pain in the neck. BTW, once you initialize the app on Vista, you might get the familiar "send error" window, so be prepared for initial troubles after installing the app and before encountering those accessibility-related issues. Hello Jonathan,
Nokia Communication Center (beta) isn’t satisfactorily accessible with Windows screen readers, namely JAWS, Window-Eyes and NVDA. The installation is trouble-free, however, after successfully launching the application and pairing it with a handset (the N82 and the 5700 in my case), getting screen readers to read its control titles is very difficult. For instance, if you tab around in the main application window with JAWS 9.0.2152, you’ll hear the word “button” quite frequently. The application has a tree view which displays all your contacts. While the tree view itself is pretty much readable, once you press the Applications key and select either “Edit” or “New” to modify/create a contact, tabbing around wouldn’t help you much because you can’t understand which editable field belongs to which contact field. Worst of all, its editable controls cannot be read by pressing Left/Right arrow keys, thereby making editing/correcting entered text a pain in the neck. BTW, once you initialize the app on Vista, you might get the familiar “send error” window, so be prepared for initial troubles after installing the app and before encountering those accessibility-related issues.

]]> http://mobilespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-to-v102/#comment-522 Jonathan Mosen Thu, 15 May 2008 19:35:35 +0000 http://mobilespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-to-v102/#comment-522 Hi Amir, have you given this a spin? How is it for screen reader accessibility? Hi Amir, have you given this a spin? How is it for screen reader accessibility?

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