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Re: getting VoiceOver to read slider absolute value
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Re: getting VoiceOver to read slider absolute value


  • Subject: Re: getting VoiceOver to read slider absolute value
  • From: Jonah Petri <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:47:56 -0400

On Mar 31, 2010, at 1:17 PM, James Dempsey wrote:

>
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Jonah Petri wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Any hints on getting VoiceOver to read absolute slider values?  Right now, I can only convince it to read out the relative percentage of the slider indicator within the slider's range, which is unfortunately completely useless to the user in my context.
>>
>> Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
>
> You should add an AXValueDescription attribute to your slider.
>
> The best way is to make a subclass of the slider cell.
>
> The Sketch+Accessibility example has sample code for how to do this:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/Sketch+Accessibility
>
> Look for the class SKTPixelSliderCell.  The code shows you what you would need to do.  Then, in IB, set the type of slider cell to be your custom subclass.


Thanks, that works perfectly.

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