Re: [orca-list] Orca and Java on mobile devices

[Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM>]

Lulu-Ann,

At this time there isn't a general Java Micro Edition "accessibility 
API", which is the way a screen reader like Orca would get the 
information it needs from a JavaME app in order to make it accessible to 
blind folks.  The closest thing available is the work being done by RIM 
to make the Blackberry line of phones accessible via the commercial 
Orator screen reader.  This is an API-based approach.  See 
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/orator_for_blackberry_smartphones/_details/id_131/orator_for_blackberry_smartphones.html 
for the public / end-user info about Orator, as well as the FAQ at 
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/orator_for_blackberry_smartphones/frequently_asked_questions__orator_for_blackberry_smartphones\\


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect & Principal Engineer,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.



> Hello list,
>
> does Orca run und mobile devices and is it able to read from Java programs? (J2ME)
>
> Or is there another non commercial screen reader?
>
> I want to code a non graphics Java navigation software using free geodata.
>
> More on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Via-Dux
>
> Thanks
> Lulu-Ann
>
>