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Bug 39339

Summary:	Netbeans not working with JAWS screen reader
Product:	ide	Reporter:	sureshdone <sureshdone>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	issues@ide <issues>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	draikes, juhrik, mmirilovic
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	A11Y, UMBRELLA
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows ME/2000
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:	42397, 42400
Bug Blocks:

Description sureshdone 2004-01-28 21:46:25 UTC

Hi,

I am testing Netbeans with JAWS screen reader. It 
is not able to read any content.Had anyone tried 
this before.Or is there is any other screen 
reader compatible with Netbeans.

Thanks

Suresh

Comment 1 Marian Mirilovic 2004-01-29 15:13:57 UTC

Provide more info :
- NetBeans version, build number
- JDK version, build number
- JAWS version

thanks

Comment 2 Jiri Mzourek 2004-03-12 15:43:05 UTC

Suresh,
could you please provide us mentioned info so we are able to evaluate
your issue?

Thanks,
-Jiri

Comment 3 sureshdone 2004-03-12 17:44:11 UTC

Hi Jiri,

The problem is mostly with the Help documentation.JAWS is not able 
to identify the alternate text for the graphic elements etc

thanks

Suresh

Comment 4 draikes 2010-11-30 21:57:55 UTC

I tried the latest nightly build of netbeans 7 (2010-11-30), with JAWS 11.0.4761 and jdk 1.6.0_21 with accessbridge 2.0.1 on windows xp pro 32-bit, and all seems to be working fine for me so far. Suresh,
> could you please provide us mentioned info so we are able to evaluate
> your issue?
> Thanks,
> -Jiri

Comment 5 Marian Mirilovic 2011-04-18 19:53:34 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> I tried the latest nightly build of netbeans 7 (2010-11-30), with JAWS
> 11.0.4761 and jdk 1.6.0_21 with accessbridge 2.0.1 on windows xp pro 32-bit,
> and all seems to be working fine for me so far. Suresh,

Thanks Don - closing as FIXED for 7.0