[access-uk] FW: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:49:30 -0000
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Subject: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
-GW Micro is excited to announce support for Java applications through the
new WE4Java Window-Eyes script, developed by Jay Macarty.
The WE4Java Script Central web page describes WE4Java as a script that
"provides access to Java based programs using an alternate technology from
the Java Access Bridge. This interface communicates directly with the
Window-Eyes COM object model via a public API."
WE4Java is designed to send information from Java applications to
Window-Eyes via the Window-Eyes scripting COM interface. Because Window-Eyes
is a COM server (meaning other applications can send information directly to
Window-Eyes), the possibilities of making any application accessible are
endless, regardless of the programming language an application is developed
in.
"The Java language is, at times, regarded as being limited in the area of
accessibility and not particularly screen reader friendly, " says WE4Java
developer, Jay Macarty. "However, Java actually has one of the most powerful
accessibility frameworks available built right into the GUI components.
WE4Java simply takes advantage of the extreme power of the Window-Eyes
scripting facility to expose the Java accessibility framework in a new and
different way. We're not re-inventing java accessibility. We're simply
making it visible as an external Window-Eyes script. In other words, the
java access capability was always there. Window-Eyes scripting provided a
way to unlock it in a new manner."
You can read more about WE4Java at --http://www.gwmicro.com/scripts/WE4Java.
If you're using Window-Eyes 7.0 or greater, you can download and install
WE4Java for immediate access to your Java applications. Once WE4Java is
installed, you can read the documentation by selecting WE4Java under the
Programs section of the Start Menu.
Congratulations to all Window-Eyes script developers for all your hard work
and contributions. We are excited about the future that Window-Eyes
scripting has to offer.
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