Re: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:17:19 +0200
Are the SWING applications accessible just like other GUIS when using this
technology?
Jaws doesn't offer the same accessibility when using Java Access Bridge, so we
can't read the program using the Jaws cursor, check the positions of the
controls in a SWING app...
Can Window Eyes do these things?
I won't be a Window Eyes user because I don't like its interface, but I am
interested to know if this is possible.
Thanks.
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: FW: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
> FYI -- This is an exciting breakthrough in access to Java applications on
> the Windows platform. The Java Access Bridge from Sun is not needed.
> This technology is developed by an expert Java developer who is blind.
> Improvements are ongoing.
>
> Jamal
>
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:46 PM
> Subject: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
>
> GW Micro is excited to announce support for Java applications through the
> new WE4Java Window-Eyes script, developed by Jay Macarty.
>
> The WE4Java Script Central web page describes WE4Java as a script that
> "provides access to Java based programs using an alternate technology from
> the Java Access Bridge. This interface communicates directly with the
> Window-Eyes COM object model via a public API."
>
> WE4Java is designed to send information from Java applications to
> Window-Eyes via the Window-Eyes scripting COM interface. Because
> Window-Eyes is a COM server (meaning other applications can send
> information directly to Window-Eyes), the possibilities of making any
> application accessible are endless, regardless of the programming language
> an application is developed in.
>
> "The Java language is, at times, regarded as being limited in the area of
> accessibility and not particularly screen reader friendly, " says WE4Java
> developer, Jay Macarty. "However, Java actually has one of the most
> powerful accessibility frameworks available built right into the GUI
> components. WE4Java simply takes advantage of the extreme power of the
> Window-Eyes scripting facility to expose the Java accessibility framework
> in a new and different way. We're not re-inventing java accessibility.
> We're simply making it visible as an external Window-Eyes script. In other
> words, the java access capability was always there. Window-Eyes scripting
> provided a way to unlock it in a new manner."
>
> You can read more about WE4Java at
> Ahttp://www.gwmicro.com/scripts/WE4Java. If you're using Window-Eyes 7.0
> or greater, you can download and install WE4Java for immediate access to
> your Java applications. Once WE4Java is installed, you can read the
> documentation by selecting WE4Java under the Programs section of the Start
> Menu.
>
> Congratulations to all Window-Eyes script developers for all your hard
> work and contributions. We are excited about the future that Window-Eyes
> scripting has to offer.
>
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