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

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Jan 4, 2013 7:30AM

Java can be used on the back end in the form of Java Server Pages
(functions much like PHP). As with all code it can be written to produce
accessible web pages and web applications.
There is another kind of web application that uses the Java Virtual machine
on the users computer. It is delivered over the web, sometimes in an HTML
wrapper (web page). If it uses the virtual machine, then you need the
Access Bridge in order to make the application function with a screen
reader. Keyboard access and font size changes and all of the other
accessibility stuff will have to built into the application.
Good luck.

Jim


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Yes, this is the part that needs to be clear. If they are just writing
> JAVA applites like you would use as a JAVA script, that is not a big deal
> at all. However if they are truly writing the application as a stand
> alone application then they must use the AB API correctly. I think that
> while Peter Korn might be able to supply answers, the Oracle JAVA team
> itself should be the one's to address this. Who and what is this company
> and what is the intent of their application do we know that?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Léonie Watson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 11:32 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] We are being told the Java Access Bridge does not
> apply to Web Based Java Applications
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Michael Burks
> Sent: 03 January 2013 15:59
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] We are being told the Java Access Bridge does not apply
> to Web Based Java Applications
>
> All,
>
> We are being told the Java Access Bridge does not apply to Web Based Java
> Applications. Has anyone ever heard this?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Burks
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
>
> > > messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > >



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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964