Ron, I've heard of visually impaired users manipulating an emulation package
from a windows box; someone else swaps packets edited within windows with
FTP. Your post confirms what we've suspected though I'm disappointed.
On the brighter side, just last night, I saw something on TV regarding a sun
systems initiative. The sun exec (CEO?) encouraged industry peers to donate
technology and expertise to third and fourth world countries as a kind of
'foreign aid' initiative. I missed the context in a muddle of dinner table
chat. Anyways, I'm hopeful that java and solaris become easier for visually
impaired people to use.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Stewart" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Sun System, Solaris
> There are currently no accessibility options for the Solaris system that
we
> have been able to find. Since we are a research and engineering university
> this has created real problems for our ability to provide any
accommodations
> other than using an emulation package from a Windows box.
>
> Ron Stewart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Sun System, Solaris
>
>
> There was a message kicking around on some other listservs announcing a
> series of sessions at the CSUN Conference by the Sun accessibility team.
> These will cover a variety of products & platforms & products: Java,
Linux,
> etc. I will dig it up & send separately.
>
> Some mention of Solaris, but the specific reference was for low-vision
> access.
>
> You can contact the Sun accessibility group:
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.sun.com/access
>
> Patrick
>
> At 12:22 AM 2/27/2002, James McBride wrote:
> >Regarding Sun runtime emulations used with Windows
> >
> >I'm trained to use JAWS 3.7 to work on a PC running Windows 98. However,
A
> >new project requires me to work, via the internet, within a Sun run-time
> >environment. Frankly, I'm stumped. I am not sure what may be available
for
> >visually impaired users of Solaris systems; added to this, I have no idea
> >what to do with Solaris running within Windows.
>
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