Re: [orca-list] Accessibility of java-Based programs

[Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>]

This is very good news to here.
Last time I attempted to compile ATK wrapper for Swing based apps On 
Linux, it did not work and I had herd that it is still not really good 
enough.
Can some one give me a brief overview of how to compile the latest atk?
What are the dependencies and what do we need to do for getting Orca 
connect with atk wrapper?
happy happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On Wednesday 14 November 2012 06:16 PM, Atilla Azgin wrote:
> Hi,
> thanks for your answers. Turns out, the only problem is the 
> installation program. After installing the tool with the help of a 
> friend it was easy to use it with eclipse or even the command line. At 
> least the plugins I needed.
> The Software i'm talking about is 'Gate'.
> http://www.gate.ac.uk
>
> Greetings,
> Atilla
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" 
> <thomasward1978 gmail com>
> To: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Accessibility of java-Based programs
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Agreed. Java access using the Java ATK Wrapper is superior to that in
> > Windows with the Java Access Bridge generally speaking. Of course, it
> > helps that the Java ATK Wrapper like everything else in Linux is an
> > open source initiative and is ongoing where the Java Access Bridge for
> > Windows hasn't been updated since Oracle took over Sun two years ago.
> > That speaks to me volumes where Oracle's access priorities are
> > regarding Java and their other products.
> >
> > Regarding AWT I don't know it is accessible on any platform. The
> > entire point of Swing was to replace AWT with a better toolkit that
> > was accessible via an access bridge, and so far as I know most Java
> > developers use SWT or Swing for GUI applications so encountering an
> > AWT based app is pretty unlikely these days.
> >
> > On 11/13/12, Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
> > > Java swing applications work better in Linux than they do in 
> > > Windows.  I
> > > use
> > > both operating systems and can attest to this first hand.  I don't know
> > > about AWT -based apps though.  In case you are wondering what all these
> > > acronyms are, they are widget libraries that are in Java. SWT, Swing 
> > > and
> > > AWT are all libraries that Java programmers use to construct their gui
> > > applications.  In windows, when you have an inaccessible Java-based 
> > > app,
> > > Swing is the usual culprit.  AWT is pretty inaccessible too. Maybe 
> > > if you
> > > told us just what Java-based app you are trying to use, we might be 
> > > able to
> > > tell you whether or not it is accessible.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Alex M
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