RE: SSIP for Windows -- beta almost ready for release
- From: "Macarty, Jay {PBSG}" <Jay.Macarty@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:43:39 -0600
Jamal,
I'll let Sina respond to the Linux questions. But for the java questions
you asked, here are the answers:
1. Yes, the sample SSIPClient jar, which will come with the server
installation, could be used to self voice a java application.
2. To simply self voice a java application would not require knowledge
or use of the accessibility framework. If one simply wished to self
voice a particular event, such as a button being pressed or the content
of a JTextArea, one would only need to create an instance of the
SSIPClient object in the desired class and then call the sayString
method to vocalize the desired text.
While the use of swing and the accessibility framework are not required,
certainly choosing to take advantage of the fact that the framework is
there is a big plus in self voicing an application. also, if one wishes
to create accessibility tools of a more general purpose, such as a java
based screen reader solution, then utilizing the java accessibility API
would be the best approach.
3. If one were simply wishing to self voice a specific java application,
the only thing you would need to do is include the SSIPClient jar in
your classpath. If you were executing multiple applications from the
same JRE, you could place the jar in the jre\lib\ext directory so that
it would be picked up automatically. However, if you were simply self
voicing a single application, it would likely be preferable to include
the SSIPClient jar in the classpath definition for that application.
NOTE: While you need only include the client jar to be able to gain
connectivity to the SSIP server, you must, of course, make sure that the
server executable is running to receive the connection prior to when the
java application tried to establish a session. This could be handled as
simply as placing the launch of SSIPVoiceServer.exe in your startup
folder.
Again, if your intention was to develop a general purpose accessibility
technology, such as a java screen reader, the configuration of the SSIP
client itself isn't any harder but you would likely have to define the
accessibility application to the JVM thru the accessibility.properties
file.
In addition to the work Sina is doing, the SSIP server, by itself, will
include the server executable and some client wrappers for various
environments such as java, AutoIt, ruby, and a DotNet assembly dll to
allow one to include a SSIPClient namespace in whatever DotNet
environment they are using.
Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:47 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: SSIP for Windows -- beta almost ready for release
Congratulations on your progress with this project, Jay! Like others, I
confess having trouble understanding the full ramifications. Could you
or
Sina describe some vignettes from a user's perspective?
I think I understand that this technology would allow someone on a
Windows
computer (e.g., running JAWS) to operate a remote Linux computer with
Orca. Is that right? Would JAWS need to be running after the
connection
was made? If so, would there be key conflicts to manage between JAWS
and
Orca?
Does this technology also allow Java applications to be self voicing?
Do
they have to implement the Swing API according to accessibility
guidelines? If one has a Java app installed, how would the self-voicing
part be added?
I know from the quality of your skills and the time you have invested in
this project that it is something with exciting potential. I'm just
trying to get a better grasp of what it would and would not do. If
there
are any sample apps or audio demos that illustrate the possibilities,
that
would be great.
Cheers,
Jamal
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