Re: Windows 7 64 bit and Java Access Bridge

  • From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:56:53 -0600

Ahh, I see, I forgot the name changed. Here's a link:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/javaaccessclnt/

Stefik

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Rasmussen, Lloyd <lras@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Java Accessibility Client project is the successor of WE4Java, by Jay 
> Macarty.  He was trying to get it started on SourceForge in June of this 
> year.  The objective is to provide an alternative to the Java Access Bridge 
> for any Windows screen reader.  I'm sure Jay would appreciate some help.
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
> National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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> The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the 
> Library of Congress, NLS.
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>
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> To: Rasmussen, Lloyd; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Windows 7 64 bit and Java Access Bridge
>
> Hi,
>
> I've never heard of the so called Java Access Client. The only technologies 
> I'm aware of that provides accessibility feedback to the operating system (on 
> Windows) are the Java Access Bridge and the We4J, or We4Java script system 
> for Windows Eyes. Is there anything else available?
>
> My experience has been that the JAB functions the best with NVDA when 
> compared to older JAWS versions (8.0). For more recent JAWS versions the 
> situation might be different but people tend to recommend using Open Office 
> with NVDA rather than even recent JAWS versions (for example).
>
> I would imagine the Java Accessibility API is pretty cool since you get 
> excellent results on Linux with Open Office (RE accessibility), so there is 
> no reason why the same could not be done on Windows. What *bridge* system / 
> software is the glue on Linux? Is it I2A?
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