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Arduino IDE Accessibility problems

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Component: IDE user interface feature request
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First I want to say that the accessibility of Arduino IDE has got better over the last 12 releases. With that said I am a blind Software Engineer who also develops hardware. I am currently building a Bluetooth Probe. While doing that I have found both of my screen readers NVDA and Jaws can not access the library manager, board manager, or the update window. It is important that these things be accessible by the keyboard so that Blind and low vision as well as people with other disabilities that can not use the mouse can use these dialogs. These are the only three dialogs I have found so far that II can not use in 1.6.12 but there may be others. For any developer who wants to try out how this Arduino IDE works for a blind user they can download the "Non visual desktop access" software by searching for that text on google and downloading it. It is free and is a great tool to make sure things are accessible. If anyone knows an easy way for me to update boards with out the update manager please let me know. kperry@blinksoft.com

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