Folks, The Java Access Bridge v2.0.3 incorporated into Java 7 runtimes since JRE 1.7u6 will now work with the Java Accessibility API on Windows to provide LibreOffice (and Apache OpenOffice) support using Assistive Technologies like JAWS or NVDA.
LibreOffice users on Windows OSs, needing accessibility support are no longer limited to use of a Java 6 runtime--and its dificult to configure Java Access Bridge v2.0.2. We can safely upgrade to a current JRE 1.7 release and activate the access bridge with a "jabswitch -enable" command entered from an elevated permission command prompt, or using the Windows Ease of Access Center. See these activation instructions <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/access/enable_and_test.html> from Oracle Technical details of the issue are in FDO bug 58995 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58995> or Apache OpenOffice bug 121510 <https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121510> . A big thank you for some dedicated debug and patch work by David O! Stuart -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Java-JRE-7-based-Java-Access-Bridge-is-now-functional-tp4065392.html Sent from the Accessibility mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
