Allow to opt-out of keyboard shortcuts

[nickvergessen]

There are keyboard shortcuts for activating different functions in the Talk app. Shortcuts such as these can interfere with shortcuts used by some assistive technologies.

To follow the WCAG-requirements, and make sure that this can work with these assistive technologies the best option would be to give an option to turn off these shortcuts.

You could also make it so the shortcuts are only active when the user has focused on the area they affect.

We also recommend that you test to make sure the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands in particular (NVDA, Jaws, Orca).

Suggested solution

• Give an option to turn off keyboard shortcuts
• Set them to only be active when the user is in the area they affect
• Test so the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands

[marcoambrosini]

Shouldn't this be an override that affects all apps in the accessibility settings?

[nickvergessen]

Could also see it like that. @ChristophWurst did you implement something in the mail app already?

[nickvergessen]

https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#character-key-shortcuts

Problem is especially shortcuts without ctrl/alt or another modifier.

So especially our mute (M), video on/off (V), push-to-talk (space), ...

[nickvergessen]

Server PR for the global setting:

• Add global setting to disable keyboad shortcuts server#34081

[nickvergessen]

Server PR for a global setting to opt out of keyboard shortcuts to satisfy accessibility is in:

• Add global setting to disable keyboad shortcuts server#34081

Method to check: OCP.Accessibility.disableKeyboardShortcuts()

If that is true the app(s) must not register ANY shortcuts.