Service now - is it as usable as it could be with a screen reader
Hi, I have just started using Service Now as part of my new job. i am mainly raising change control items, and adding to tickets. I am finding it a slog to use with JFW and Chrome/Firefox. It is very unclear when fields are read only, there seems to be non-standard combo boxes on the fields, and I am often shunted around on the page for no reason. Is anyone else having similar experiences? i don't know to what extent the system is customisable by the company, even though it is hosted by Service Now. Thanks. Andrew.
I use it every day at work. It's one of the worst experiences I've ever had. I even had a bunch of custom scripts put in, but even that didn't do any good. I know exactly what you mean. I'll tell you more when I'm not dictating on my phone.
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I use it every day at work. It's one of the worst experiences I've ever had. I even had a bunch of custom scripts put in, but even that didn't do any good. I know exactly what you mean. I'll tell you more when I'm not dictating on my phone.
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Which version? I'm slogging my way through it as well. We are running Jakarta which is suppose to be a bit more accessible with screenreaders than other versions
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Hi,
Do you know how to find the version you are running with from a standard user account?
Thanks.
Andrew.
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From: Fermin, German [GERMAN.FERMIN@PURCHASE.EDU]
Sent: 02 June 2018 00:16
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Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Service now - is it as usable as it could be with a screen reader
Which version? I'm slogging my way through it as well. We are running Jakarta which is suppose to be a bit more accessible with screenreaders than other versions
German
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Only way I know is to go into the help and poke around. I actually don't remember if someone just told me at my office or I found it in my stumbling/poking around. Other suggestion that I got and I will be doing this as well is that it is very important for customers to submit incident records via their HI support system. Your on site system administration team will know how to do this. Be as specific in your report as possible, describing which application you're using (e.g., service catalog) and what isn't working. On the backend, they will tag the incident as an accessibility problem that a customer reported, which helps them prioritize. I got that from another University who just attended their ServiceNow comference.
German
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From: Andrew Hodgson
Andrew, if you haven't seen this yet https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/jakarta-release-notes/page/administer/acc...
Its suppose to detail all of the great accessibility work they've done.
German
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From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew@hodgson.io]
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 2:10 AM
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Hi Andrew, We have Service Now or Snow as everyone calls it at work these days. It is quite a nasty interface when using JAWS. There are lots of extraneous and useless links named Void this and void that which I can't seem to get rid of though they don't do anything. I haven't followed it up but it may be there are some JAWS scripts developed for it as it is quite a common tool for incident/problem/change management these days. It would be great if Freedom Scientific concentrated on making widely used applications in the workplace like Snow easier to use with JAWS rather than adding lots of what I feel are unnecessary bells and whistles like research IT and the like. Regards, Phil. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 01 June 2018 11:19 To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Service now - is it as usable as it could be with a screen reader Hi, I have just started using Service Now as part of my new job. i am mainly raising change control items, and adding to tickets. I am finding it a slog to use with JFW and Chrome/Firefox. It is very unclear when fields are read only, there seems to be non-standard combo boxes on the fields, and I am often shunted around on the page for no reason. Is anyone else having similar experiences? i don't know to what extent the system is customisable by the company, even though it is hosted by Service Now. Thanks. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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