What you want is the javax.accessibility.Accessible interface ( what a name ).
AccessibleContext() defines two methods that can be used to provide accessible information:
* setAccessibleName(String name) sets the name to associate with a given Accessible object. Typically, an assistive reader will present this name whenever a component receives focus.
* setAccessibleDescription(String description) sets the description to associate with a given Accessible object. Typically, an assistive reader will present this description when the user asks for more details about a component.
/* snippet from crumbyApplet.nrx */
import java.swing.
btnApply = Button("Apply")
btnApply.addActionListener(this)
btnApply.setName("selectButton")
btnApplyCtx = btnApply.getAccessibleContext()
btnApplyCtx.setAccessibleName("Apply Button")
btnApplyCtx.setAccessibleDescription("Activate to commit changes and continue")
btnApply.setToolTip("Commit changes")
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Actually, something like that would be handy for disabled users. In the days of OS/2 I considered a Presentation Manager object with a Present method which would do precisely what you described. This is very doable for text, but not very feasible for a GUI interface. …maybe well-structured html.
James Davis
National Institutes of Health
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Guess I missed that. Could Rexx use a "speak" statement? :)
Bill
It already has one; it's written 'say'. :-) I always intended that display (on screen), print (on paper), or speak (aloud) according to the user's preference ... :-)
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