Hi Fred,
IBM used to have a set of guidelines entitled something like "How To Write
Accessible Applications Using 100 Percent Pure Java." I'm guessing that if
you google phrases like that, you would likely get some helpful
information.
Jim
Jim Homme,
Usability Services,
Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme
Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility
here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice
-----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
--------------------------------------------------
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
__________
View the list's information and change your settings at
//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
__________
View the list's information and change your settings at
//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended
solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If
you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender
immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient,
you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without
the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message
do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries,
or affiliates.
__________
View the list's information and change your settings at
//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
