RE: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:03:39 -0500
Yes through Access bridge but it doesn't need to do that so I wonder if it
would not be nice to have both.
Ken
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader
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Subject: Re: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
JAWS has had Java supported for five or six years now.
On Feb 15, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Sunday Ugerdodge wrote:
> How about for the JAWS' users?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
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<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:00 PM
> 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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