Re: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
- From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:04:08 -0600
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
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [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
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