[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:54:11 -0400
John,
I downloaded and installed just fine. I am not sure just what kind of
feedback you want now, but I found a couple typos:
Edit/cOpy. This should be Copy.
View/Decrease Fint Size. This should be Font Size.
This is a Java program, right? How does it work with a screen reader without
having the JAB installed. Believe it or not, I don't have JAWS. I am testing
with Window-Eyes (which does not even work with Java) and NVDA.
This looks like it is going to be a fantastic program when it is finished. I
look forward to working with you throughout the process. Great job!!!
Vic
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From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
Boyer
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:23 PM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
The prototype of the BrailleBlaster GUI is now ready for your
examination and feedback. You can download it from
http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page.
This is my Windows 7 64-bit brailleblaster folder zipped up. It iis
actually a Mercurial working copy, so if you have Mercurial installed
you can get updates by just typing hg update. However, it contains much
more than the Mercurial-tracked files. It also has all the jar files
needed and even the class files for BrailleBlaster. Of course, it
contains the source files in the src subfolder. These are tracked by
Mercurial.
If you unzip this file in your C:\ drive you can run BrailleBlaster with
the command:
java -jar c:\brailleblaster\dist\brailleblaster.jar
This command can also be placed in a desktop shortcut. This is
recommended.
When you run BrailleBlaster, you will see a window with a title bar,
menu bar, toolbar, text area and status bar. You can type in the text
area. The scrollbars work after you have entered some text. Initially
the text area displays "DAISY view". tHE BRAILLE VIEW IS ALSO PRESENT,
BUT THE DAISY view is on top. I still have to learn how to make its
background transparent and how to bring the braille view to the front.
The options on the toolbar are just for examinationj. None of them are
active. They are all text labels. Images can be used instead if desired.
To see the toolbar use the Jaws cursor and explore the screen from the
top.
Pressing alt activates the menu bar. The menus behave normally. Only a
few items on the file menu are active. The open and save items bring up
dialog boxes so you can see how they look and how they affect the window
and Jaws when they are closed. The exit item is also active.
I will learn how to gray out unavailable menu items and how to attach
hotkeys and help to menu items.
The welcome screen will be added after some more experience with this
prototype.
Please give feedback on the list.
Thanks,
John
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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