Great, thanks folks, Sounds like, if it won't take us too much development time to really get it right, that this might be a good direction to go. Stefik On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > What is the one that JAWS Script Exchange uses? I can't remember. > > Jim > > Jim Homme, > Usability Services, > Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme > Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. > Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice > > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:16 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jamal Mazrui; Sina Bahram > Subject: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows > > Hey folks, > > We are getting ready for the release of Sodbeans 1.5 and, as many > folks know, we distribute our tool in two ways: 1) the NetBeans > generated Installer, and 2) Zip file distros. We do the latter because > of accessibility problems with the NetBeans generated installers, but > we do the former because Windows requires some configuration which > some people have to do manually with the zip distribution. While we > have tested the installers with JAWS and NVDA, and with the java > access bridge installed, they are generally accessible, in practice, > they are somewhat difficult to use. > > Anyway, we are "considering" adding to the development schedule a > better installer for the Sodbeans 2.0 release, depending on what else > needs to be finished. This sounds easy, but because of the nature of > our tools, there are some technical challenges that would take time to > finish. > > So my question. If we were to develop an installer that is highly > accessible, does anyone have any tips on generators that others have > used that come out really well with screen readers, preferably without > needing the Java Access Bridge to be installed? > > Thanks for any tips, > > Stefik > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately > and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not > keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's > prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not > necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or > affiliates. > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind