by regicide85 » Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:16 pm
Hi, I'm really impressed with the flexibility and tones of Amplitube, and have been using it exclusively for some time. I've even suggested it to others looking for a great sounding, flexible amp sim.
However, as a blind/low-vision musician and at-home studio hobbyist, I am rapidly reaching the point where I will no longer be able to use this software to to its total lack of accessibility features or even basic usability. I use a screen reader to interact with my PC, and absolutely nothing in the GUI is able to be read by it. This means that if I want to use your software, I need to use the screen magnifier zoomed in at nearly 800%. As you might imagine, this makes doing anything very time consuming and inefficient. It's also not sustainable as I will lose my vision completely in several years, at which time I will not be able to use the software I've purchased.
There are so many ways this software could be made more accessible that it would take hours to catalogue them in a post here, but taking some time to review the WC3 standards for web accessibility would give devs and idea of what accessible navigation and usability looks like. These guidelines are useful for more than just web development.
I'd love to help IK Multimedia make their products more user-friendly for folks who can't interact with the GUI as built, because right now, a decent amount of people just cannot use your software.
Thanks!