Accessibility
Accessibility features help users with physical disabilities, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use software products successfully.
The accessibility features in the product enable users to:
- Use assistive technologies, such as screen reader software and digital speech synthesizers, to hear what is displayed on the screen. Consult the product documentation of the assistive technology for details on using the technology with this product.
- Perform tasks with the software using only the keyboard.
General Navigation
Two types of menu are available. The side navigation menu was added as an option in Maximo® Asset Management 7.6 and is a collapsible vertical menu on the left side of the user interface. The side navigation menu can be disabled for an individual user or for a security group.
Standard navigation
- Headerbar
- Toolbar
- Main tabs
- Content
- Title bar
- Main tabs
- Main form
- Section labels
- Table labels
Side navigation menu
- Headerbar
- Side navigation menu
- Toolbar
- Main tabs
- Content
- Title bar
- Main tabs
- Main form
- Section labels
- Table labels
Menu Navigation
- To get to the Go To menu press Alt+G.
- When you open the menu, JAWS reads the first application in the menu. If JAWS does not begin to read the entry, restart the screen reader.
- Navigate the list of applications in the menus by using the arrow keys.
- JAWS indicates if a menu item has submenus. To get to a submenu,
press the right arrow
or enter. - Press the left arrow
to
move up a level in the hierarchy. If you press the left arrow at the highest level of the Go To menu, you leave
the menu completely. - Press the Enter key to enter an application.
Accessibility help
The Accessibility Help panels provide details on general navigation, menu navigation, and hot keys. Click Accessibility Help from the toolbar of the product to access the help panels.
Screen reader setting
The product contains a screen reader flag. When you turn on the screen reader flag, the user interface is optimized to work with JAWS for Windows®. You use the User tab in the Users application to turn on the screen reader flag.
Keyboard shortcuts
You can navigate within the applications by using a combination of keys.
Accessible reports
To use the accessibility tools to read reports, you must access the reports in Microsoft Excel. In the reports applications, select the Run Reports option. With this option, you can email an .xls file version of a report to yourself at a scheduled time.
IBM and accessibility
For more information about the commitment that IBM® has to accessibility, see the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center. The IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center is at the following web address:
