Hi all,
We have made good progress recently on Accessibility for JavaFX and have
working implementation for Windows 8 (UIA) and OS X 10.9. All of the
built-in controls have been enabled. You can find information about the
work and how to enable the support here:
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Accessibility+Exploration
(this link is background information on the work)
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Getting+Started+A11y (this
link is for developers but describes some flags)
We have tested informally under VoiceOver and Narrator but nothing else
(ie. for example, we have no run proprietary AT's such as JAWS).
We're looking for folks to help test the code and enter bug reports.
The work is not targeted for 8u20 and will be removed before we ship
because it is not ready for that release. However, it is ready to be
tested right now and will be spending the next couple of weeks seeing
where we are.
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Submitting+a+Bug+Report
Remember to set -Djavafx.accessible=true when testing. Currently only
Windows 8 and Mac OSX 10.9 are allowed to enable accessibility. We hope
to support Windows 7 and Mac OSX 10.8 as well, however these are
disabled. Using -Djavafx.accessible.force=true will force accessibility
on these systems.
You can help! Especially valuable is input from folks who use screen
readers as part of their normal day. Try one of the standard examples
such as Modena or Ensemble and see how far you get. There are problems
for sure, but many things work.
Thanks,
Steve
