There is some limited ability to use keyboard shortcuts and to incorporate WE into Spotify's functionality. I discovered by accident that if focus is in the search or filter edit boxes, the shortcut keys don't work. You must tab away from the edit boxes to use those keyboard shortcuts. Alt-F is file, Alt-E is edit, Alt-V is view, Alt-P is playback, and Alt-H is help. You need to use the WE mouse to select a song. Once you have made the selection, you can move forward through the songs in the list--especially albums--using Control-right arrow. If you want to get a bit fancy, you can assign a couple of WE cursor keys to speak the title bar every time the Control-left or right arrows are pressed. This will automatically read the name of the song you moved to. Although I haven't found a way to scroll the list, the Control left and right keys do move beyond what is visible in the list. Control up and down arrows in Spotify raise and lower the playback volume. Spacebar pauses and plays the selection. Control-L puts focus in the search box. Control F puts focus in the filter box. The help screen, by the way, is about as accessible as what's going. If I think of anything else, I'll write you off list.
-----Original Message----- From: MJ Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:10 PM To: GW Micro Product Discussion Listserv Subject: Spotify Accessibility Dear all, First time poster on this list, so please be gentle with me. :) Could the list offer any advice on using the Spotify software? I am using the standard version with the latest Window eyes. on my XP machine. the software seems in order; it's the user interface which is the problem. for example, the file, edit etc menus cannot be accessed in the standard way (i.e. with the alt or alt shortcuts), you have to focus the mouse pointer on the menu title and left click, which is fine by me, but I can imagine it might annoy some people and justifiably so. As for playlist management and similar functions only a handful of tasks are accessible and that's not without a considerable amount of fiddling with the mouse and redrawing the screen repeatedly. If I'm not mistaken Spotify offers an SDK/API of some sort which can be used for developing a more usable version of the software, similar to GW Connect which we all use and love. I for one would certainly be willing to pay (within reason) for a GW version of the spotify software. Sincerely Matt Williams If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
