Re: [orca-list] Possibly OT -- GUI development in Linux

[Stephen Clower <steve steve-audio net>]

Jason White wrote:

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 06:52:42PM -0500, Stephen Clower wrote:
. Now that Java has been released under the GPL, how is  
  

accessibility at least in GNOME?
    

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According to the COPYRIGHT file in the Debian openjdk-6-jdk package
(contributed by Ubuntu developers), the Java access bridge is included. 

I haven't, however, tested whether it works or hwat configuration is required
to use it, since I don't have any Java applications installed, certainly not
any GUI applications.

However, work on Java accessibility has been ongoing since the mid 90s, so it
should be a very mature and reliable technology by now. Any remaining issues
would be in the interaction with Orca, and these, I am confident, will be
sorted out.
  

Thanks. I will investigate the Java approach and cross my fingers that accessibility has improved since I last worked in that environment.

Best regards,
Steve