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

[Elias Oltmanns <eo nebensachen de>]

(2012-11-18) Elias Oltmanns <eo nebensachen de> wrote:
> (2012-11-17) Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com> wrote:
> > I installed the necessary packages (atkwrapper was already installed),
> > but swing based apps still don't work.
>
> Here's a new development: In the file
> /etc/java-6-openjdk/accessibility.properties I have uncommented the line
> assistive_technologies=org.GNOME.Accessibility.AtkWrapper
> and made sure that
> #assistive_technologies=org.GNOME.Accessibility.JavaBridge
> remained commented out. This seems to make a difference but in my case
> the java process is running with 100% cpu load and jitsi (my test app)
> does not start up.

Another nightly build of jitsi solved the problem of java spinning at
100% cpu load. Using openjdk-7, the program pops up and orca does,
indeed, provide some information. Unfortunately, the app is not
completely accessible, but AtkWrapper certainly seems to do its job.

Regards,

Elias