Re: [orca-list] java applets

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

As far as I know and from some basic use of applets, they should be as 
accessible as any other Java swing application. I guess you have the 
java plugin for the browser installed and working properly. You probably 
(this is from memory) need the Java access bridge or Java ATK wrapping 
installed.

Obviously the applet accessibility will depend on how the specific one 
is done, so may be you want to check with a very basic one which just 
uses standard controls to confirm that the access bridge stuff is set up 
correctly. I guess something from a Java applet programming tutorial 
(something like the "add a button to an applet" type of example) would 
do this nicely.

I know that orca should work with applets, applets can be accessible on 
windows (I have tried them with dolphin hal) but I cannot say whether 
NVDA works with applets.

Michael Whapples
On 01/-10/37 20:59, Tom Masterson wrote:
> Can anyone tell how accessible java applets are?  This can be using 
> linux, orca, and firefox or windows 7, nvda, and IE8.  We are trying 
> to access a site through citrix vpn and they use a lot of java applets 
> and so far I have not been able to read anything.  Any help will be 
> much appreciated.
> Tom