Here is my understanding of the situation, which might not be totally
correct:
This is a complex problem, especially if you are creating Java
applications or applets which will run on client computers, and not Java
that serves up web pages with which the users interact. In the case of
Java running on the user's computer, Java Access Bridge is needed to work
with JAWS, and its support seems to be diminishing over time. And this
approach doesn't work at all with Window-Eyes or System Access. I guess
it works with NVDA. A Window-Eyes approach is being worked on by one
developer, who is not in good health, which bypasses the access bridge and
goes directly into the Java Accessibility Framework. In my opinion,
whoever works on this needs to do some research, including the potential
users of the software over time, and not believe everything they hear
until they test it.
Swat probably means the Standard Widgets Toolkit, which requires
developers to set things up so that the application uses GUI components
specific to the operating system on which the Java application will run.
This approach, when used in Windows, can produce programs having standard
Windows controls, with no need for an access bridge or linking into the
Java Accessibility Framework. I have heard that this approach is harder
to code, although it is being successfully used in some projects.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress 202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of
the Library of Congress, NLS.
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fred Rains
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:33 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Labelling icons
Hi Dave, At work, I am being asked to provide an accessibility wish list
for a new app that is being developed in java. One of the items I would
like to put on the list is that all graphics have some kind of textual
label that can be detected by JAWS. I don't do GUI programming so I
wasn't sure if this was even possible. I mostly write batch processes
using perl and sql, so accessibility of my own programs has not been an
issue.
Thanks,
Fred
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From: "Dave" <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:26 AM
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Labelling icons
The long answer is....it depends. Are you the application author? If
so, then the answer is yes with varying amounts of effort depending on
the type of application in question and the way in which the icon is
represented.
On 11/9/10, Fred Rains <fred58@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Just wondering if there is a way to associate text with an icon
in a windows app similar to the way you would use an alt tag for an
image on a web page? I know you can label graphics using JAWS, but
that is not what I am asking. I guess what I am asking is is there
some kind of text property that can be added to a graphic that JAWS
can detect and speak automatically without using JAWS itself to label
the graphic? I don't need to know how to do it, I just want to know
if it is possible.
Thanks,
Fred
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