Hi Hans, FYI - OpenOffice.org uses Java for accessibility on Windows because when we began making OpenOffice.org accessible in 2000 there was no accessibility API on Windows with sufficient richness to convey all of the information in the content region we needed to convey other than the Java Accessibility API. That isn't the case on UNIX or Macintosh (and so OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta for Mac now uses the Macintosh accessibility API). Now that the iAccessible2 interface for Windows is gaining traction [in large measure because of its use in Lotus Symphony which is a fork of OpenOffice.org version 1.9; as well as support in Mozilla and Eclipse], we are working on moving away from using the Java Access Bridge and over to iAccessible2 for OpenOffice.org on Windows as well.
Regards, Peter Korn Accessibility Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc. > Hello guys, > > Thanks for the ample replies-- at least we can give > java the heave-ho now without a bad conscience > (funny that openoffice is so differently implemented > across platforms; I know for a fact that assistive technology > is entirely java dependent for the M$ version; without, for example, > access-bridge, none of the frames within write can be reached.). > > But present concerns... > I did get hold of the svs version 3.10 and, unfortunately, > results were identical to general release 3.9: run-brltty fires > up, yet brltty sec can't access the braille terminal. > when trying Dave's suggestion to install either version > (after a hefty distclean, I may add) the installation script > hangs while processing the line: > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./..//data/* /etc/brltty > > Needs to be killed manually!! > > Troubled and Puzzled, > > Hans > > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
