Engage with Microsoft and Apple on issues with assistive tech

[owenatgov]

What

Approach contacts within both Microsoft and Apple to discuss issues raised with Dragon and VoiceOver respectively.

Why

We're revisiting 3 issues previously raised in DAC audits that we believe are best solved by the software vendors themselves:

• Investigate solution for operating the details component with Dragon govuk-frontend#5308
• Investigate solution for operating the file upload component with Dragon govuk-frontend#5309
• Investigate solution for operating the details component with VoiceOver govuk-frontend#5310

2 of these issues are related to Dragon, developed by Nuance who are owned by Microsoft. 1 is related to VoiceOver, developed by Apple.

This issue is to start talking to our contacts in these companies to understand if there's anything we can do to help facilitate the vendor teams within these companies investigating the above issues.

Who needs to work on this

Accessibility specialist, delivery manager

Done when

• We have established who our contacts in these companies are
• We have approached said contacts and discussed these issues
• We have a clearer understanding on if it's likely that these issues can be solved at the vendor level or not and if there's anything we can do to help with this process