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From: "Peter Korn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Java Access Bridge 1.0.2 released; Java Accessibility Helper
0.5 available
The Sun Accessibility team is pleased to announce the availability of:
- Version 1.0.2 of the Java (TM) Access Bridge for the Microsoft
Windows operating system, which allows existing assistive
technology products such as screen readers and screen magnifiers
for the Microsoft Windows operating system to provide access to
Java
applets and applications which support the Java Accessibility API.
This release fixes a few critical bugs, including one that
appeared when using JAWS for Windows with Java 2 SDK 1.3.
- Version 0.5 of the Java Accessibility Helper, a test tool for
Java application developers and testers to help them find and fix
accessibility problems with Java applications. This release
includes
dramatic improvements in usability, based on user feedback,
including
automatic installation, improved online help, simpler Test Set
configuration, and a class path editor.
Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system
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The Java Access Bridge is a technology which allows native assistive
technologies (such as screen readers, magnifiers, etc.) to make use
of the Java Accessibility API in the Java 2 platform, and thereby
provide access to Java applications and applets.
The Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system
consists of a pair of Windows DLLs (dynamic link libraries), and a
Java language classfile, which together make a bridge for the Java
Accessibility API between the Java virtual machine and the Microsoft
Windows host platform. Several vendors of assistive technologies
for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and Windows NT have announced support for
the Java Access Bridge in their products. Henter-Joyce supports
the Java Access Bridge in their shipping JAWS for Windows screen
reader, and Ai Squared supports the Java Access Bridge in their
shipping ZoomText Xtra screen magnifier.
The Java Access Bridge includes an installer, which will install
both
the Java Access Bridge, and the appropriate Java Accessibility
Utilities, into the Java virtual machines under Windows 95, 98, NT,
and Windows 2000. This release of the Java Access Bridge supports
JDK 1.1.8 with Swing/JFC 1.1 and greater, Java 2 SDK 1.2.2, and Java
2
SDK 1.3, as well as the Java Plugin versions 1.2.2 and 1.3. The
Java Access Bridge also supports the Java Web Start technology.
The Java Access Bridge may be redistributed royalty free (please
read
the license agreement contained in the package for terms and
conditions).
The Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system is
described at, and can be downloaded from:
http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge
Java Accessibility Helper version 0.5
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The Java Accessibility Helper is a test tool for Java application
developers and testers to help them find and fix accessibility
problems
with Java applications. The Helper runs in a separate Java VM, and
works by exercising the application to be tested via standard
Java APIs, and via the Java Accessibility API. The Helper generates
a report that includes a prioritized list of problems and potential
problems with the application being tested (e.g. verifying that
all input fields in an application can be reached using only the
keyboard).
Version 0.5 includes dramatic improvements in usability, including
automatic installation, improved online help, simpler Test Set
configuration, and a class path editor. The Java Accessibility
Helper development team maintains a special e-mail alias for
questions and issue regarding it. Please direct your Java
Accessibility
Helper e-mails to: [log in to unmask]
To download the Java Accessibility Helper version 0.5, go to the
Java
Developer Connection Early access page (log in, or establish
yourself
as a new user if you haven't logged in before):
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/jaccesshelper
We actively welcome your comments on our releases - please tell us what
you think of them, whether or not they meet your needs, and how we can
make
them better. Send your comments to the Sun Accessibility team at
<[log in to unmask]>, or share your comments with others interested in Java
Accessibility by joining the Java Accessibility mailing list,
<[log in to unmask]>. (To join, send a message to
<[log in to unmask]> and put "subscribe java-access" in the body of
the message).
If you have any trouble downloading these or any other Java technology
from
Sun that you are interested in, please send mail to the Sun
Accessibility
team at <[log in to unmask]>. We can make those technologies available to
you
via our private ftp site that has no known compatibility problems with
any
text-based browser, or any graphical browser when used with a screen
reader.
On behalf of Sun Microsystems,
Peter Korn
Sun Microsystems Accessibility team
[log in to unmask]
http://www.sun.com/access
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