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Re: Java AccessBridge, JAWS, Magic, ZoomText, NVDA

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jan 27, 2010 7:27AM

Allen,
You may want to double check the installation of the java access bridge (jab.) We have had a couple instances where we discovered that another JRE had been installed after we had installed the jab and the java app was using the newer JRE install.
The only other suggestion I can think of that might help is to try to use java ferret or java monkey to check the java app. That might give you an idea of what accessibility information is being exposed by the java app.
I think that both ZoomText and NVDA do support the java access bridge. If that is the case, their use of it should be similar to JAWS. At least, I haven't come across anything to make me think that JAWS gets its information about the java app from anywhere else besides the java access bridge--I mean for Swing UI components.

Thanks,
Tim