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GMaune
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February 7, 2017
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Audition and Screen Reader Accessibility? [Does Audition work with NVDA, Jaws, Window Eyes, etc?]

  • February 7, 2017
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Gree                                                  Sorry if this question isn't terribly legible, this application isn't working well with either of my Screen Readers.  I am writing to ask if Adobe Audition works with Screen Readers (NVDA, JAWS, Window Eyes, voiceover, etc).  --Thanks for any help!        

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    Jeremy32485451985h
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    July 27, 2024

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    November 29, 2023

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    Bob Howes
    Bob Howes
    Inspiring
    February 8, 2017

    I'm a bit confused.  As far as I know, screen reader programmes take text files on your computer and translate them to spoken word.

    Audition does not display text (well, other than its menus) and is an audio editing programme.

    Perhaps you could give us a bit more detail.

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
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      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
      Community Expert
      February 8, 2017

      Screen readers can do a bit more than that, Bob! One of the important things they can do is to read tooltips.

      In the past, Audition certainly supported tooltips - but certainly in the current release, this doesn't cover everything; there are many places where, when you hover the mouse, nothing appears. It may well be worth sending a request to the developers to look at this a bit more, as I think it could be improved.

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      GMauneAuthor
      Participant
      February 10, 2017

      Indeed! They can do a lot more (for which I am grateful!). Screen Readers

      read can read every button, control, pop-up, etc. . If a piece of software,

      an application, and/or a web page is designed to be accessible to all

      (which, luckily, many are), then blind people, like myself, who use Screen

      Readers can do everything a sighted person can do with it, we just do it a

      little differently. I will post some links below that can explain more for

      anyone who's interested.

      If anyone at Adobe or anyone on here has information on Audition's

      accessibility, it would be really helpful to know--and thanks!!!

      -The main screen reader I use is NVDA (it's free and open-source):

      https://www.nvaccess.org/

      -An overview from the American Foundation for the Blind:

      http://www.afb.org/info/accessibility/creating--accessible-computer-applications/25

      -Info on designing accessible software from the University of Washington:

      http://www.washington.edu/doit/designing-software-accessible-individuals-disabilities

      Regards,

      Gretchen

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