Are Quest and QDK accessible to sight-impaired and blind users?
Both Quest and QDK have been tested with JAWS. When JAWS is detected, the screen layout is changed slightly to offer the best experience. The following limitations exist: • In Quest, you need to use the JAWS Cursor to read text printed on the screen. You can type “CLEAR” to clear the screen, and this will make it easier to view the output. Alternatively, you can turn on the “speak all text” option to use Windows’s built-in text-to-speech facility. To activate this option, click Tools, Options, then select the Other tab. Make sure the “Enable speech” option is enabled, and then select the “Speak everything which is printed on the screen” option. • In QDK, some of the information labels are not read out. These can be read using the JAWS Cursor. If you are using the “speak all text” option, you can change the voice used: • Click Start, then Control Panel • Click Speech, then select the “Text To Speech” tab • Choose a voice from the “Voice selection” drop-down. The available options may va
