[brailleblaster] Re: Advice requested on accessibility for the blind
- From: Richard Baldwin <baldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:53:38 -0500
Sounds good. Please zip it and send it. Make sure that the zip file doesn't
contain any bat files, exe files, etc. Class files are OK. Otherwise, GMail
won't deliver it to me.
Thanks,
Dick B.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:47 PM, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
--
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/
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