[Athen] Oracle - PeopleSoft

[Greg Kraus]

Short answer, yes, many people have talked to them about accessibility.

Long answer, and explanation of where things are - Oracle's preferred
development environment is a product they have called Fusion. It is
what they would like to have all of their products developed in,
including PeopleSoft. Fusion is supposed to have a decent amount of
accessibility baked into it. Oracle discovered that to migrate
PeopleSoft from the PeopleTools environment to the Fusion environment
would be quite difficult, so Oracle's initial plans to move PeopleSoft
to Fusion were scrapped. Oracle is currently, and slowly, working on
adding accessibility features into PeopleTools and PeopleSoft.

PeopleTools does have some accessibility support, but it heavily
depends on what version you are running of PeopleTools and all of the
other PeopleSoft products. Oracle follows a two-door approach to
accessibility - the "normal" UI and the accessibile UI. There is the
ability to enable accessible navigation. Once you do that the UI will
change slightly and be more keyboard and screen reader accessible.
Even doing that, there are still some issues to contend with
concerning tab order.

That's the quick overview of PeopleSoft accessibility. I hope this helps.

Greg
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Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
gdkraus at ncsu.edu
http://go.ncsu.edu/itaccess


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Bill Grubaugh <grubaugh at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> CSUN 2013.

> During an Oracle presentation of the company commitment to accessibility, the speaker mentioned the many multitudes of products that comprise Oracle's portfolio; noting that some were more accessible than others at acquisition.

> Adding, that the company actively pursues first launch development of accessible products, and remediation of post launch product features that express access barriers.

>

> Asking the question;

> With the multitudes of products within the portfolio, might there be products with functionality overlap (that do the same thing), and if so - does Oracle recommend the more accessible - over less accessible product to its customers?

>

> I recall the answer was, Yes - but, the customer needs to ask.

>

> A cumulative consumer request?

>

> Bill G

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> Has anyone advocated to Oracle, who now owns PeopleSoft, for more accessibility within their tool?

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> Thanks

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> Abbie O'Sullivan

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> Nearly every day. We have several employees who need the accessibility to do their jobs but so far... sigh.

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> Has anyone advocated to Oracle, who now owns PeopleSoft, for more accessibility within their tool?

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> Thanks

>

> Abbie O'Sullivan

> Manager of Computing Sites, Adaptive Technology University of Missouri Division of IT Customer Service & Support

> C242 Pershing

> Columbia, MO 65211

> office (573)882-6525

> cell     (573) 289-1245

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