Feature: labeling elements for those who are blind

[blindndangerous]

I found this from the official HA topic, and downloaded it. I like it, from what I can tell, but everything is unlabeled. I am a blind user and I use a screenreader called nvda to use the computer. After installing this, it doesn't look like any of the buttons, lists, or tabs have proper labels. They all just say button, list, or tab with a long string of numbers and metro at the end and nothing else. Would it be possible to have labels added to what things are? I'd be happy to help test if you can, just let me know.

[LAB02-Admin]

Hi @blindndangerous,

Thanks for reaching out! You are absolutely right, labeling is a mess. I'll try my best to label them, and yea then it'd be great if you could test and determine if the labels make sense.

I'll reply here as soon as I have a test version ready!

[LAB02-Admin]

This is taking a bit longer than expected! I have no prior experience, so I've been reading up on the available documentation from Microsoft (which is extensive thankfully). Implementing it is somewhat time consuming, but a lot is already done.

The problem however is that the list control I'm using doesn't properly support accessibility, so the items keep getting gibberish names which I can't change. I'm trying to override it, otherwise I'll switch the control out for something else.

In short: working on it 😄

[LAB02-Admin]

I've added initial support for screenreaders to the latest beta:

https://github.com/LAB02-Research/HASS.Agent/releases/tag/2022.12.0-beta4

Could you please test it, and let me know if it's usable, and what can be improved? Thanks!

[LAB02-Admin]

The latest release includes this as well:

https://github.com/LAB02-Research/HASS.Agent/releases/tag/2022.12.0

I'm closing this ticket for now, but whenever you find time to test and want it improved, please reopen and let me know :)