RE: Java accessibility

Lynn,
If you are writing your own apps and have the flexibility to include SWT as a 
part of them, that is great from an accessibility perspective. If, however, 
your project requirements demand the use of swing, there are guidelines 
published by IBM to aid in writing accessible applications. These guidelines, 
in themselves, don't make java swing accessible, however, they do make it 
easier for adaptive technologies like the Java access bridge or WE4Java to make 
the most out of swing. The guidelines include things like including accessible 
descriptions for icons and making sure components like menu bar items can be 
triggered by the keyboard (e.g., pressing alt+f for the file menu). The 
guidelines also include suggestions on using the setLabelFor method to 
associate text fields with labels and for using the AccessibleRelationship 
functionality. 

You can read more about the guidelines and other accessibility info from IBM on 
their website at 
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/

And the java guidelines are at
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/java/snsjavagaccapi.html


-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fred Rains
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 6:43 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Java accessibility

Lynn, The alternative is SWT.  It stands for Standard Widget Toolkit.  I don't 
use it, so I can't tell you anything else about it.

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Holdsworth, Lynn" <Lynn.Holdsworth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:29 AM
Subject: Java accessibility


Hi all,

Apologies - I know this question has been asked a lot of times, but I
don't know how to get into the list archives.

I'm keen to learn Java, and obviously want to make my apps as accessible
as possible. I remember reading on this list a while back that Swing
isn't the best way to go, but can't remember what the suggested
alternative was. Can someone give me a heads-up?

Thanks as always, Lynn


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