Hi :) +1 A big thank you to David O. Also thanks to Stuart for keeping on chasing this up, his hard work, advocating for us and keeping us informed. many thanks Stuart and David O! :D Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2013, 17:13 >Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] Java JRE 7 based Java Access Bridge is >now functional > > >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 > > > > -- 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
