[brailleblaster] Re: Advice requested on accessibility for the blind
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:47:02 -0500
Dick,
I couldn't save the zip file. Windows sometimes does strange things with
attachments. In any case, I would much rather send you something that is
known to work, libe BBMenu.java
John
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 07:32:47PM -0500, Richard Baldwin wrote:
> John,
>
> This is my second attempt to send this. The previous attempt was rejected
> because the zip file was too large. I had included the SWT library in it,
> which is what made it so large. Since you probably have that already, I
> deleted it from the zip file and am going to try again with a much smaller
> zip file.
>
> Thanks,
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Richard Baldwin
> <baldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I'm afraid that given my current lack of knowledge of SWT, I would be
> > completely overwhelmed by the BrailleBlaster code.
> >
> > However, I have attached a zip file containing a simple page switcher
> > program using SWT. If you could take the time to import it into Eclipse (or
> > however you program using SWT) and let me know if the structure that I am
> > using could be successfully navigated by a blind person, or how I should
> > modify it to achieve that goal, I would greatly appreciate it.
> >
> > The GUI contains a list of three items. (I could make it a Combo or three
> > radio buttons.) When the user selects one of the items in the list, a
> > Composite object opens below the list. Right now, the Composite page simply
> > contains a label, but eventually I intend for each new page to be a
> > significant GUI in its own right.
> >
> > By the way, I had to rename a couple of build.bat files to get the zip file
> > past the GMail virus police.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dick Baldwin
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:45 PM, John J. Boyer <
> > john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Dick,
> >>
> >> Accessibility with SWT is almost automatic. BrailleBlaster does not use
> >> any particular accessibility features now, though it might use the
> >> accessibility package in SWT later. In the Bfailloeblasterr menu,
> >> BBMenu.java there is a listener for each item. The event is not sent
> >> until the enter key is pressed on that item. There are SWT widgets for
> >> handling lists. These will be used later, for example in handling the
> >> list of recent documents.
> >>
> >> If you have Mercurial you can get the source of BrailleBlaster from its
> >> googlecode page. BBMenu.java is in org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor I
> >> could also send you this class privately as an attachmennt, if you wish.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 06:03:09PM -0500, Richard Baldwin wrote:
> >> > I know this is off topic for this list, but I also know that there are
> >> > several excellent SWT programmers that frequent this list who probably
> >> know
> >> > the answer to my question.
> >> >
> >> > The objective is to make it possible for a blind user of an SWT GUI to
> >> > navigate through a list of items, such as might be found in a Combo, a
> >> List,
> >> > or perhaps a set of Radio buttons, and cause an event to be fired for
> >> one
> >> > and only one of the items in the list when that item is chosen.
> >> >
> >> > It looks to me like using the following code to register a listener on
> >> each
> >> > item in the list causes each item to fire an event when the arrow keys
> >> are
> >> > used to traverse the list:
> >> >
> >> > addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter()
> >> >
> >> > I guess what I am looking for is something like an ActionListener in the
> >> AWT
> >> > and Swing that can be fired by pressing the Return key after the arrow
> >> keys
> >> > have been used to choose a specific item.
> >> >
> >> > I am finding that learning the SWT and trying to achieve accessibility
> >> for
> >> > blind users at the same time is something of a challenge.
> >> >
> >> > If you prefer to contact me and have this discussion off list, that will
> >> be
> >> > OK with me.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Dick Baldwin
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
> >> > Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
> >> > http://www.DickBaldwin.com
> >> >
> >> > Professor of Computer Information Technology
> >> > Austin Community College
> >> > (512) 223-4758
> >> > mailto:Baldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
> >>
> >> --
> >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
> > Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
> > http://www.DickBaldwin.com
> >
> > Professor of Computer Information Technology
> > Austin Community College
> > (512) 223-4758
> > mailto:Baldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
> Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
> http://www.DickBaldwin.com
>
> Professor of Computer Information Technology
> Austin Community College
> (512) 223-4758
> mailto:Baldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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