Re: [platform-swt-dev] SWT_AWT and Accessibility

[Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxxxxx>]

SWT uses the native "Microsoft
Active Accessibility" (MSAA) to communicate with screen readers.
Swing uses something called the Java
Access Bridge to communicate with screen readers: http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge/

JAWS knows how to communicate with both,
however it doesn't expect both types of communication to come from the
same application.
You could try asking Freedom Scientific
your question (they are the makers of JAWS): Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Before you do, though, do you definitely
have the Java Access Bridge installed? Is it installed on all of your java
VMs - specifically, on the VM that you are using to run Eclipse?
Also, please browse through the JAWS
help and read the section on Java support. There are apparently a few quirks
with using Java (Swing) with JAWS, like it wants windows to be maximized
to use JAWSkeys, etc.

Good luck!
Carolyn

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Subject	[platform-swt-dev] SWT_AWT and Accessibility

Hi All,

Im trying to find out if the SWT_AWT bridge allows accessibility data to
flow from Swing components back to SWT and out to Accessibility
applications.

I have an eclipse application that uses swing for many views. The SWT_AWT
bridge is used to allow the swing panel to be embedded in the views.

Our client relies on Jaws a screen reader application.

In Swing we would call the method getAcessibleContext().setName()  or
setDescription()  on any swing component. This provides the details
the
screen reader needs
to have to work properly.

So far my intial attempts at making this work within our eclipse plugin
have failed. Our SWT components / frames work perfectly.

Does anyone know :

a) is accessiblity supported in swing panels via SWT_AWT?

b) if not is there a best practice work around?



Thanks,
Jamie M. Guillemette
IT Solutions Developer
TD Enterprise Technology Solutions
275 Dundas Street, 11th Floor, London
(519) 663-1952


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