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Re: We are being told the Java Access Bridge does not apply toWeb Based Java Applications

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Jan 3, 2013 11:31AM

Michael Burks wrote:
"We are being told the Java Access Bridge does not apply to Web Based Java
Applications. Has anyone ever heard this?"

It should apply to applets, but as with stand alone Java applications, work
needs to be done to the applet to make it accessible. The Java Accessibility
API can be implemented through the Java Foundation Classes (JFc) Project
user interface components.


My understanding is that support for Java, especially Java applets, is
inconsistent across screen readers (with or without the bridge). It may be
this that's caused the above statement to be made?

Léonie.