Accessibility for visual impairments

Interfaces are not accessible without alt text lables

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I am legally blind.  I use magnification for some PC use, and a screen reader (NVDA) for other objects.

When I am unable to see objects on the screen with my magnifier (small fonts or poor contrast), I rely on the screen reader to audibly tell me the label of each object.

The CursorFX control panel seems to be almost entirely images of text, and have no labels or alt text.  I'm stuck without the ability to magnify or hear elements in the interface.

What can you do to help me use the product I just purchased from you?  I'd rather have a solution than a refund.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

What can you do to help me use the product I just purchased from you?  I'd rather have a solution than a refund.
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Other than the tools available in Windows, and perhaps third party image products that have OCR built in (ShareX for example), I am not sure what else to recomend - the product itself, nor any other we make, has any such help.

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

The Political Machine 2024
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately, there are no tools (like OCR) that will actively read text out of images.  What you suggested I do is to take a screenshot, pass it through OCR software, produce a text document, and read it through my screen reader.  That isn't feasible for interacting with software interfaces.  What I would like is for your developers to code the interface with a hotfix that includes laels for all the "text elements on the window.  Even places where text is just text, and not an image aren't accessible.  Fortunately, I can see those with magnification.  Others, however, will not.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting indyhighlander, reply 3

Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately, there are no tools (like OCR) that will actively read text out of images.  What you suggested I do is to take a screenshot, pass it through OCR software, produce a text document, and read it through my screen reader.  That isn't feasible for interacting with software interfaces.  What I would like is for your developers to code the interface with a hotfix that includes laels for all the "text elements on the window.  Even places where text is just text, and not an image aren't accessible.  Fortunately, I can see those with magnification.  Others, however, will not.
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I will pass your suggestions along - thank you for them.

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager