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

[Joshua Hori <jhori@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everyone, 

So I take it that miChecker is no longer available?

The alternative for testing Java accessibility, which I have been using, is FireEyes by WorldSpace Deque.

Required software: 
(Performing software/plug-in updates may break FireEyes, verify with Deque before updates)
Firefox 16 (I'm currently using 16.0.2, FireEyes will not work on updated versions of Firefox)
http://filehippo.com/download_firefox/13579/

FireBug plug-in
https://getfirebug.com/

FireEyes plug-in (download the add-on and create a free account at Deque, this plug-in ties into FireBug)
http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace-fireeyes

updated to Java 7

Here are a few videos on installation and usage of FireEyes: 
http://www.deque.com/products/worldspace-fireeyes/training-videos

Hope this helps.

Sincerely, 

Joshua Hori
Accessibility Specialist
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 
530.752.2773

-----Original Message-----
From: actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kentarou Fukuda
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:18 AM
To: ACTF developers list
Subject: Re: [actf-dev] Accessibility Check Tool for Java Apps

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
---
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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