accessibility interview questions
Top accessibility frequently asked interview questions
My 73 year old mother is a surprisingly savvy computer user. She uses her computer for research almost daily. As she has gotten older, she has developed a tremor in both hands. This makes using the mouse difficult when clicking on small items on the screen. She currently uses Windows XP. Is there software or hardware that can dampen her tremor so she can continue to use enjoy her computer?
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I'm green and red color blind.
Is it possibly in Windows 7 to display green as a shade of another color so I can at least somewhat distinguish green and red when they are next to each?
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I'm a blind computer user that uses Cygwin.
The installation program isn't very accessible: upgrading, installing, and removing specific packages is quite hard to do since you have to use simulated mouse keystrokes to click and scroll.
Is there a way to either manually install/upgrade packages or install/upgrade them through the commandline?
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Has anyone developed or found a workaround for getting passed captchas while using a text only webbrowser, such as Links? The only thing that occurred to me would be to download and render the image using an ascii art program. Any other suggestions would be appreciated, as would a good ascii art program.
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How would one go about customising the on-screen keyboard on a Microsoft Surface Pro? I've noticed that it doesn't have an alt or Esc key and I can't think of any good reason why those keys, among others, should not be there. In particular I want to use keys such as [ and ]. Also there are no up and down arrow keys.
I already have a type cover but sometimes I'd like to use those keys without having the type cover attached.
Ideally I'd like a way to enable those missing keys and perhaps to remove the ones that I don't want, such as the emoticon key.
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Yahoo Messenger is huge:
And that's as short as you can make it, it won't shrink vertically anymore.
How can I make it a more reasonable size, e.g.:
In fact, if we're making it look better, how about Yahoo stops pissing on their users and makes it:
Okay, yes, the last one was me complaining. But the first two are a valid question!
Note: The cut-off title bar is because Yahoo! developers don't pay their taxes, and assume that everyone runs at 96dpi.
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I have a friend who is blind and enjoys listening to music. But he struggles with Windows Media Player; it's difficult for him to navigate to the song he wants, or control playback.
I'd like to find him a straightforward music player with good screen-reader support (he uses JAWS) that can be controlled easily using only the keyboard (ideally without having to memorize complicated keyboard shortcuts).
Any suggestions?
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I find the Windows 7 menu quite hard to differentiate. The default background color and highlighted background color are too similar:
Can I change this without changing the actual theme? Or do I need to choose a high-contrast theme?
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My right hand is temporarily immobilized and I would like to do some minor work in Emacs, mostly in Org-mode, but also in AUCTeX. Are there ways to ease one-handed work in Emacs, such as some mode or particular work flow? For instance I noticed that for undoing it is easier to press C-x u than C-_ and that it is easier to mark text with methods involving C-Space than with combinations of S- and movement commands.
I have found http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2391805/how-can-i-remain-productive-with-one-hand-completely-immobilized but that is not exactly what I am asking for. I want to ease whatever little time spent one-handed in Emacs (not in any program) and this is also interesting for situations where there is no injury involved, such as when one hand is occupied. I do realize that I should avoid unnecessary strain.
I am using GNU Emacs 23.3.1 in Ubuntu 11.04.
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In Firefox, it's possible to rearrange tabs (reordering, moving to a new window, etc.) by drag-and-drop. But drag-and-drop is slow and unwieldy, and is difficult for some people to use.
In Chromium/Chrome, it's possible to reorder tabs using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-Shift-PgUp/Ctrl-Shift-PgDn (see also https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moigagbiaanpboaflikhdhgdfiifdodd).
How can one reorder tabs using the keyboard in Firefox? What about moving tabs between windows?
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I have difficulty viewing different types of colors.
Many would call it a color impairment, because when I see to many colors my brain gets overloaded. I would like the following for Windows 7 How can I use my macbook in grayscale?
Is there accessibility setting that can make all windows in Windows 7 black and white?
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After an accident that damaged my hands, I am no longer able to do the two finger scrolling gesture on Macbook touchpad. On Windows I set up so called "scrollzone", it allows me to scroll smoothly by dragging one finger along the right edge of the touchpad.
I would like to have this feature on OSX as well.
I tried many apps, namely
and none of them could do this. I even tried to contact the developers if they would be willing to work on this, but they either ignore me or say they cannot do it.
People advise me to buy a Magic Mouse, which supposedly can do it, or to scroll with arrow keys. No, thanks. I know there are workarounds available, but I know what works best for me (scrollzone) and I am unwilling to settle for less.
I would gladly sacrifice other trackpad gestures. I cannot use them anyway.
There was a program called SideTrack that could do this, but it does not work any more. I wrote to the author, but got little help.
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Normally i like running ie, but it's rendering speed at high-dpi is poor.
More recently i've switched to Chrome, but it does not support high-dpi displays. i'm interested in trying other browsers, but they must support protected mode.
Are there any other browsers, besides IE and Chrome, that support Mandatory Integrity Levels (i.e. protected mode)?
Browsers that i know about:
Browser Protected Mode High-dpi Aware
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Internet Explorer Yes Yes
Chrome Yes No
Firefox No No
Opera No No
Safari No* No*
(* not personally tested, reported by others)
Are there any others?
And just as an fyi, the clear, unambiguous, non-argumentative, non-subjective, question is:
Are there any browsers, aside from Internet Explorer, available for Windows, that run at the Windows Low Mandatory integrity level, and support high-dpi (i.e. non-96 dpi) displays?
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