Re: Improved java access
- From: Michele Budris <Michele.Budris@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:10:35 -0700
Hi,
I'm sorry, but I feel that I need to speak up for Sun here. We meet
weekly with Freedom Scientific to work on the ability of JAWS to work
with Java. We too are frustrated with how slowly progress is being made.
Sun has made many changes to specifically make JAWS work with Java. If
you have issues open issues please send me an email listing the problem,
the OS version, Java version and JAWS version involved.
Michele Budris
Accessibility Program Manager
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
david poehlman wrote:
>accessibility does not mean what it sounds like. It seems that sun and
>microsoft are cut from the same cloth on this now and possibly ibm now too
>but You are correct, it does not mention jaws for a good reason. For them,
>jaws does not automatically work and they don't want to put in the effort
>but I hope freedom does.
>
>Johnnie Apple Seed
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:02 AM
>Subject: Improved java access
>
>
>While the following article itself doesn't pertain to jaws directly, I
>hope it signals a new effort in general to make java systems more
>accessible (since I often still have difficulty with jaws and a java
>application):
>
>
>
>Sun demos accessibility for open-source systems
>
>By
>Thomas R. Temin
>
>GCN Staff
>
>Sun Microsystems demonstrated what it calls the third generation of
>desktop computer accessibility technology, which it hopes to start
>shipping for the
>Linux operating system next year.
>
>Peter Korn, Sun's chief accessibility architect, demonstrated a bundle
>of accessible software collectively called Java Desktop System. It
>consists of Linux
>or Solaris x86, version 2.4 of the Gnome graphical interface
>system--which incorporates Sun's accessibility architecture-and a suite
>of applications all
>programmed to interact with the accessibility features in Gnome.
>Applications include the StarOffice productivity suite, the Mozilla Web
>browser and Sun's
>Evolution, a calendar and e-mail application.
>
>Korn said of the accessibility features, "This is incredibly
>liberating." Korn was a keynote speaker at the annual Interagency
>Disability Educational Awareness
>Showcase, or IDEAS, conference in Washington.
>
>He predicted that by building, or buying applications built to,
>open-source APIs, government agencies would more easily be able to keep
>up with Section
>508 accessibility mandates with less risk of breaking applications when
>one element of a system changes.
>
>One innovation is how on-screen keyboard buttons can include drop-down
>menu items specific to a given application or function. This lets
>mobility-impaired
>users complete tasks much more quickly than do the on-screen keyboards
>available under Microsoft Windows.
>
>Korn demonstrated the Linux version of Java Desktop System on a PC, but
>the software was a Sun internal build, not even the beta version. He
>said when the
>software eventually ships, it will come installed on Solaris x86
>machines, but will be offered separately on disks when combined with
>Linux.
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