RE: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:23:29 -0500
Nod if it is really better and they wrote it to be a comm. Object why not
make it for any of the screen readers that can use it?
Ken
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sunday Ugerdodge
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 6:28 PM
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Subject: Re: GW Micro Announces Support for Java Applications
How about for the JAWS' users?
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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
>
>
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> 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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