>Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 18:50:34 -0800
>From: Peter Korn <korn@sun.com>
>To: JA-PR@basso.SFBay.Sun.COM
>Subject: Java Access Bridge 1.0.2 released; Java Accessibility Helper 0.5
> available
>
>The Sun Accessibility team is pleased to announce the availability of:
>
> - Version 1.0.2 of the Java (TM) Access Bridge for the Microsoft
> Windows operating system, which allows existing assistive
> technology products such as screen readers and screen magnifiers
> for the Microsoft Windows operating system to provide access to Java
> applets and applications which support the Java Accessibility API.
> This release fixes a few critical bugs, including one that
> appeared when using JAWS for Windows with Java 2 SDK 1.3.
>
> - Version 0.5 of the Java Accessibility Helper, a test tool for
> Java application developers and testers to help them find and fix
> accessibility problems with Java applications. This release includes
> dramatic improvements in usability, based on user feedback, including
> automatic installation, improved online help, simpler Test Set
> configuration, and a class path editor.
>
>
> Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> The Java Access Bridge is a technology which allows native assistive
> technologies (such as screen readers, magnifiers, etc.) to make use
> of the Java Accessibility API in the Java 2 platform, and thereby
> provide access to Java applications and applets.
>
> The Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system
> consists of a pair of Windows DLLs (dynamic link libraries), and a
> Java language classfile, which together make a bridge for the Java
> Accessibility API between the Java virtual machine and the Microsoft
> Windows host platform. Several vendors of assistive technologies
> for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and Windows NT have announced support for
> the Java Access Bridge in their products. Henter-Joyce supports
> the Java Access Bridge in their shipping JAWS for Windows screen
> reader, and Ai Squared supports the Java Access Bridge in their
> shipping ZoomText Xtra screen magnifier.
>
> The Java Access Bridge includes an installer, which will install both
> the Java Access Bridge, and the appropriate Java Accessibility
> Utilities, into the Java virtual machines under Windows 95, 98, NT,
> and Windows 2000. This release of the Java Access Bridge supports
> JDK 1.1.8 with Swing/JFC 1.1 and greater, Java 2 SDK 1.2.2, and Java 2
> SDK 1.3, as well as the Java Plugin versions 1.2.2 and 1.3. The
> Java Access Bridge also supports the Java Web Start technology.
>
> The Java Access Bridge may be redistributed royalty free (please read
> the license agreement contained in the package for terms and conditions).
>
> The Java Access Bridge for the Microsoft Windows operating system is
> described at, and can be downloaded from:
> http://java.sun.com/products/accessbridge
>
>
>
> Java Accessibility Helper version 0.5
> -------------------------------------
> The Java Accessibility Helper is a test tool for Java application
> developers and testers to help them find and fix accessibility problems
> with Java applications. The Helper runs in a separate Java VM, and
> works by exercising the application to be tested via standard
> Java APIs, and via the Java Accessibility API. The Helper generates
> a report that includes a prioritized list of problems and potential
> problems with the application being tested (e.g. verifying that
> all input fields in an application can be reached using only the
> keyboard).
>
> Version 0.5 includes dramatic improvements in usability, including
> automatic installation, improved online help, simpler Test Set
> configuration, and a class path editor. The Java Accessibility
> Helper development team maintains a special e-mail alias for
> questions and issue regarding it. Please direct your Java Accessibility
> Helper e-mails to: jaccesshelper@sun.com
>
> To download the Java Accessibility Helper version 0.5, go to the Java
> Developer Connection Early access page (log in, or establish yourself
> as a new user if you haven't logged in before):
> http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/jaccesshelper
>
>
>We actively welcome your comments on our releases - please tell us what
>you think of them, whether or not they meet your needs, and how we can make
>them better. Send your comments to the Sun Accessibility team at
><access@sun.com>, or share your comments with others interested in Java
>Accessibility by joining the Java Accessibility mailing list,
><java-access@javasoft.com>. (To join, send a message to
><listserv@javasoft.com> and put "subscribe java-access" in the body of
>the message).
>
>If you have any trouble downloading these or any other Java technology from
>Sun that you are interested in, please send mail to the Sun Accessibility
>team at <access@sun.com>. We can make those technologies available to you
>via our private ftp site that has no known compatibility problems with any
>text-based browser, or any graphical browser when used with a screen reader.
>
>
>On behalf of Sun Microsystems,
>
>Peter Korn
>Sun Microsystems Accessibility team
>access@sun.com
>http://www.sun.com/access
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