GUI accessibility issues in MacOSX and Linux

[laanwj]

As of 0.11, Qt accessibility is no longer working in MacOSX and Linux, but does work in Windows. Reported via mail:

Can you, if you can, enable all accessibility features in core
client? Version 0.11 is not accessible especially in MacOs and Linux,
the last accessible version for these osses is 0.9.X. The last version
is accessible in Windows platform, but I prefer Mac to Windows. Can you
enable accessibility features for screen reader support? If you want, I
can test it with my iMac and Ubuntu laptop.

In windows, all accessibility features are working, but after upgrading
to qt 5, the accessibility features didn't work in Mac and Linux. IN
Linux and Mac, I can hear window names only, for example when BitCoin
core is launched for a first time, I can hear welcome, but I can't
navigate the radio buttons and buttons for selecting, where to use
BitCoin folder. If I have prepared folder from Windows, I can hear Bit
Con Core, but I can not navigate the app. In Mac, I can navigate menus
only, in Linux, I can do nothing. So try to check qt-at-spi integration
and other accessibility modules / accessibility vidgets, but maybe there
is a problem with the accessibility module in qt 5 mac / linux version.
If the team changes something, in accessibility, please let me know and
I will test changes and report it.

It is possible that this improved with the switch to Qt 5.5.

[jonasschnelli]

Just testes this with our Qt5.5 binary on osx 10.11. Works as expected. Accessibility hints could be more precise. But it's usable. We could ask the user for a retest over email.

[maflcko]

Closing, since no new issues popped up and this should work as per last comment.