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Voice Over reference page
http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/_1131.html
Windows Narrator reference page
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hear-text-read-aloud-narrator#1TC=windows-8
Known Bugs:
Windows: you need to click and give focus to a new control before anything reads
Windows: when you click away from a stage and come then click back on the tile, the focus is not re-read
| Control | Test | Focus | Actions | Notes |
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| Button | HelloButton | read text |
Mac:VO+S Win:CL+S |
Note: only the first button in the example has a action listener printing to the console |
| CheckBox | HelloSimpleCheckBox | Mac & Win7: status (checked, unchecked, mixed) + name + check box | Note: Win7 not working | |
| ComboBox | HelloComboBox |
Mac: pop up button Windows: "Combo Box with" X "items editable text Prompting you here" |
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| Hyperlink | HelloHyperlink | |||
| Label | HelloLabel |
Mac Reads: text Win7: |
Note: Win 7 Doesn't read | |
| ListView | HelloSimpleListView |
Mac Reads: table no selection; Mac & Win: "JavaFX item" X |
Note: Win7 rarely reads back Win7 and Mac10.9 do not read first item 0. | |
| Pagination | HelloPagination |
Win 7 Reads: tab number + "tab" Mac Reads: "1 selected radio button 1 of 10" |
Note: win7 off by one. | |
| PasswordField | HelloTextField |
Win7: text + "text" "SecureText" for password box. Mac: Text Blank If you type text leave and comeback with tab: text + "text" + "selected text" Also reads: "secure text" for secure text field.
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| ProgressBar | HelloProgressBar | Mac: ProgressType or Percent + "progress indicator" | Note: Windows (7) not working. | |
| ProgressIndicator | HelloProgressIndicator | Same as progress bar | ||
| RadioButton | HelloRadioButton |
Win7 reads: text + "radio button" + selected? Mac reads: Same as Windows |
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| ScrollBar | HelloScrollBar | |||
| ScrollPane | HelloScrollPane | |||
| Slider | HelloSlider |
Mac: reads 0% Win: reads 0% |
Increment: arrow right, must read new value Decrement: arrow left, must read new value |
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| TableView | HelloSimpleTableView |
Mac: reads first column for selected row: Item 0 Column 1 Row 1 Win: |
Arrow up and down: reads newly selected row Mac: Describe item VO+F3: reads selected cell, cell location, column header Cell traverse: VO + Left/Right arrow: reads selected cell, cell location, column header Read header: VO + C (read the column header, either name or email) Win: |
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| TabPane | HelloTabPane |
Mac: name + "Selected Radio button" Win7: name + "tab" |
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| TextArea | HelloTextArea |
Mac reads "text" + text Win7 reads: text only |
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| TitlePane | HelloTitledPane |
Win7:
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| TitlePane | HelloAccordion |
Win7 reads: name + "Pane" + contents Mac: N/A |
Note Win7: Most (All?) actions do not trigger narrator. | |
| ToggleButton | HelloToggleButton |
Mac Reads: Same as CheckBox Win7: Reads Contents |
Toggle: Space Bar | Note: Actions do not seem to work on Win7 |
| ToolBar | HelloToolBar |
Win7 Reads: "Toolbar with" X "Buttons" + "Button" X "selected" Mac Reads: "button 1" |
Note: mac behaves oddly, not reading that there is toolbar, just contents. | |
| Tooltip | HelloTooltip | |||
| TreeView | HelloSimpleTreeView |
Win7 Whole Control Reads: nothing on focused node: name + expanded + "with" numChildren + "children" Mac: Whole Control Reads: table on focused root: root on focused leaf: name + expanded + number of items + level
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