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Bug #3485

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accessibility of the tvheadend admin page for blind persons

Added by David Parduhn over 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
User Interface
Target version:
-
Start date:
2016-01-08
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Found in version:
4.0.8
Affected Versions:

Description

hi guys,

As a blind person I have to use a screen reader to surf in web pages (such as the admin page of tvheadend:-).

I have the following accessibility issues while configuring the tvheadend instance:

1. extjs: mostly every checkbox in the config pages (such as "enable dvb" "enable over-the-air epg" etc. aren't probably displayed. Instead of displaying "on" od "off" depending on the checkboxes status, just "extjs" is displayed by the screen reader.
2. iMHO not all elements of the admin page are displayed correctly (I wasn't able to scan for channels with my hauppauge wintv hvr 3000 dvb-s card using astra 19.2e.

I'm using the current stable version of tvheadend 4.0.8 in ubuntu 15.10

I've tested the following screen readers and operating systems:
- Firefox 43 in ubuntu 15.10 with orca
- Internet explorer with the latest snapshot of nvda in Windows xp and Windows 7
- ios 9.2 and safari with Voiceover

further infos about accessibility can be found at the following link(s):

- the web content accesibility guideline contains general info about accessibility of web sites. it can be found here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag
- more about accessibility of extjs can be found here: https://docs.sencha.com/extjs/6.0/core_concepts/accessibility.html
- the current version of nvda can be downloaded at http://www.nvda-project.org/wiki/Snapshots
- orca can be installed into ubuntu using the package gnome-orca
- to activate voiceover in ios, either tripple tap the home button or enable it in settings --> general --> accessibility --> voiceover.

i hope the admin interface of tvheadend will be more accessible in future versions of tvheadend.

Do you know any alternative frontend which is more accessible?

greetings

Dave

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