Hi Regina,
At 15:31 24-11-2011, Regina Henschel wrote:
Hi Christophe,
Christophe Strobbe schrieb:
(...)
I come across "IAccessibility2" (...) Such string
resources are used in method SetAccessibleName in
/core/cui/source/tabpages/tpline.cxx
SetAccessibleName is a method that exists in several accessibility APIs,
e.g.
* ATK: atk_object_set_name:
<http://developer.gnome.org/atk/stable/AtkObject.html#atk-object-set-name>
* Java:
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/accessibility/AccessibleContext.html#setAccessibleName%28java.lang.String%29>
* Microsoft: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776383.aspx>:
"IAccessibleObject::SetAccessibleName method"
So it is a comprehensive concept.
(...) if you are referring
to a list box where an author can choose between different
stroke-linecap styles, I would definitely give those options an
accessible name (e.g. butt cap, round cap and square cap, which I found
in the SVG spec).
Those are already strings, which will be localized. I have no
application to test, whether this is sufficient. But I guess it
will, because otherwise people would have complained in a lot of
other places where list boxes are used.
Just in case you would like to test this: there are two free options
on Windows:
* NVDA: an open-source screen reader: <http://www.nvda-project.org/>.
(The portable version can be run from a USB key if you don't want to
install it.) When testing with a screen reader, you first need to
installe the Java Access Bridge:
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tech/index-jsp-136191.html>.
* The Java Accessibility Utilities, which you can (still) find at
<<http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/downloads.jsp>http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/downloads.jsp>.
Because LibreOffice on Windows uses the Java Accessibility API, you
can these inspection tools.
The Java Accessibility Utilities include Java Monitor, Ferret, Monkey
and AccessibilityMonitor. To use, for example, Java Monitor, one
should go through the following steps:
1. Add the jar files jaccess.jar and jaccess-examples.jar in the CLASSPATH.
2. Modify the file lib/accessibility.properties in the JDKHOME
directory to include the following line:
assistive_technologies=JavaMonitor
Note that the README.txt claims that this line should be
"AWT.assistive_technologies=JavaMonitor", but this is not correct.
3. When you start LibreOffice (or a pure Java application), Java
Monitor will start automatically.
For checking accessible name, description, role, value and state(s)
in menus, Ferret is the appropriate tool.
(Oh, and alway close LibreOffice if you want to close the
accessibility utility; if you try to close the accessibility utility
first, it will also close LibreOffice.)
I think I postpone this special detail until the rest is finished
and there is a product that can be tested in connection with an
accessibility application.
OK. And thanks for asking questions about accessibility :-)
Best regards,
Christophe
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