Hi Janine,

Here is a post I've done on applevis (with accompanying audio demo) on how to navigate Spotify on the Mac using the keyboard.

It seems the key to navigating the Spotify app is via frames. If you press command+L to get to the search field, (it's best to navigate the page with quick nav off), make sure to press command+A to select all and delete it, just in case there was text in the field you weren't aware of. Put in your search term and press enter. Now, to get to the search results, press control+option+command+F. (VO+F). this will move you forward to the next frame. Interact with the frame, it will say "search frame" and vo+right arrow to the artists, or albums you wish to see. there's, at first, an unlabeled link, then the name of the artist/album/song, then, depending on what you're looking for, the name of the artist. for example, if you were looking for a song, you'll see the song title as a link, and then if you vo+right arrow again, you'll see the name of the artist/band. If you want to play said song, vo+space on the link, then navigate to the next frame, (VO+Command+F), and it will get you to the specifics. Interact with this, and navigate to the "play" button. At this point, you can (if you wish), turn on quick navigation by pressing left/right arrows at the same time, and press "b" to get to the "play" button. You can also tab a few times and you will be presented with a table of songs, either from an album you're listening to, or various songs with the same title by an artist, depending on your search. I've created a short audio demo of Spotify searching, perhaps it will help:
https://audioboom.com/boos/3300081-spotify-accessibility-on-the-mac

Hope this helps.
Rachel.
On 11/18/2015 3:37 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote:
Hi,
That is not the problem here. This VO Spotify App is what makes it accessible, yes. The problem here is that Spotify uses Chromeium AKA same as Google Chrome for it's webpage display area, and VoiceOver does not like Chrome under El Capitan for some reason. I do, know however, that this method does work, as I used it under Yosemite.
Hope this helps,
Jeffrey

On 11/18/2015 6:08 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote:
Hi,
It sounds like this app may not be accessible.
Vaughn

On 11/18/15, Janine Smith <janinej...@icloud.com> wrote:

Hi.



I am trying to use the Spotify app on my Macbook Air running OSX 10.11.1. I

downloaded the Spotify App and the zip file from Applevis that turns on
accessibility.  I managed to log into my account but now Voiceover just
keeps saying empty html content when I try to interact with the Spotify app.

If I press command l it will bring up the search box whereupon I can input a search but as soon as I press enter I get a number of frames all of which

tell me empty html content when I try to interact with them.



I have tried to access settings, both from the menu on the search page and by going to preferences in the Spotify menu, but again I get the message
about empty html content when I try to navigate that page.



I have tried both in normal and full screen mode. I also tried deleting and then re-downloading and installing the voSpotify application but still
get the same result.



What am I doing wrong? Any ideas on how I can get this to work would be
greatly appreciated.



Before anyone suggests Apple Music as an alternative, I thought I would try

Spotify first as it has a free option when my trial period is over.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Many thanks in advance for any
assistance you can provide.



Regards Janine

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