musescore / musescore/MuseScore

[MU4 Prompts for Screen readers Within Dialogs

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accessibility needs design needs review
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Description

Describe the bug
Important buttons within dialogs could be missed by screen reader users because they are found with left and right cursor movement as opposed to tabbing.

Expected behavior
Desired behaviour would be for prompts which can only be read by screen readers. For example, "Left to Right ToolBar"

Platform information
All Platforms

Additional context
This would greatly assist school-age users and older people who have been long-time screen reader users who have difficulty adapting to new ways of working.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the dialog focus and keyboard-navigation code, then reproduce the issue with a screen reader. Done means important dialog buttons can be discovered through screen-reader-only prompts rather than only left/right cursor movement.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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