--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have made GUI apps from time to time, and I would have no idea
> about
> how to make them disability accessible, or how to test/debug them. I
> suspect others might have similar problems.
>
> Kevin
If you just use standard components, then you need to be careful to
ensure that you don't need the mouse (create keyboard shortcuts, ensure
that all components are reachable through the tab order, etc.), but if
you create custom components, you need to be more careful. I'm not a
Delphi programmer, but for example, in Swing (Java), you need to be
sure that you implement the accessibility API. If you don't, your
components may not be visible or accessible using assistive technology.
What's more, additional tools may be necessary. For example, with
Delphi you are relatively fortunate bcause you create native Win32
applications, but with Java, it is also necessary to deploy Sun's
accessibility bridge in every JVM that might run the software. It
serves as kind of interpreter, translating events in the JVM to
something visible to Windows. I have no idea what, if anything, is
available for X11, but remember that it uses an entirely different,
protocol based, model.
===
Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"It is foolish to answer a question that
you do not understand."
--G. Polya ("How to Solve It")
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