Re: [actf-dev] Accessibility Check Tool for Java Apps

[Kentarou Fukuda <KENTAROU@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rolf,

Excuse me for not replying to your post in forum earlier. 

Unfortunately, development of Javaco was discontinued in 2010, and I do 
not know another automatic accessibility check tool for Java applications.

So, we need to test Java applications' accessibility in runtime by using 
existing resources [1-4]. aDesigner's GUI Accessibility mode can also 
support accessibility check of runtime application.

> So how about a check tool using ACTF for Java SWING/SWT apps, is 
> there something available or would we have to develop this from 
> scratch ourselves?

If you plan to develop your own check tool, please check a possibility of 
re-use of Javaco's code in our archive [5]. Because original developers 
had left from the project, we might not be able to provide enough support. 
But, I hope the source code might give you some hint or boost your 
development work.

[1] 
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/access/enable_and_test.html#testing_jab
[2] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/accessbridge/2.0.2/toc.htm
[3] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx
[4] http://accessibility.linuxfoundation.org/a11yweb/util/accprobe/
[5] http://archive.eclipse.org/technology/actf/src/actf-20100301.zip

Best regards,
Kentarou
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Kentarou Fukuda, Ph.D.
IBM Research - Tokyo
Tel: +81-3-5144-2852
E-mail: kentarou@xxxxxxxxxx

actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 2013/01/22 19:10:39:

> From: Rolf Mager <dialog@xxxxxxxx>
> To: actf-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
> Date: 2013/01/22 19:11
> Subject: [actf-dev] Accessibility Check Tool for Java Apps
> Sent by: actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I apologize if this is not quite the right place for my question, I 
> posted this some time ago on the ACTF forum, but unfortunately 
> nobody was able to answer it.
> 
> So, I am currently searching for a way to automatically check Java 
> apps regarding accessibility. I have seen that there are example 
> check tools for different content available using the ACTF framework
> (for example, ACTF aDesigner).
> 
> Is there a similar check tool available for Java SWING/SWT apps 
> which will work with Eclipse Juno? It should be something similar to
> the no longer maintained componentry Javaco, which does not seem to 
> work with current Eclipse distributions; also development for Javaco
> was discontinued at an very early stage.
> So how about a check tool using ACTF for Java SWING/SWT apps, is 
> there something available or would we have to develop this from 
> scratch ourselves?
> 
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Rolf
> 
> 
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