New Release of Self Voicing Kit on alphaWorks (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:20:24 -0500
From: schwer@US.IBM.COM
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Subject: New Release of Self Voicing Kit on alphaWorks

IBM is pleased to announce the availability of an update to the Self
Voicing Kit on alphaWorks. This release (version 0.71) includes a Java 2
install for Solaris platforms with serial TTS devices making the SVK the
first assistive technology that works on multiple platforms. In addition to
support for Solaris, this release includes the following significant
enhancements and bug fixes:

- A new Perk for the Bobby application.
- Moved "Enable Output" from the menu to the main panel; receives initial
focus.
- Updated and improved documentation in the API Reference.
- Updated "IBM Guidelines for developing Accessible applications using 100%
 Pure Java"
- Enhanced Perk customization with the following new features:
        - All previously monitorable events are now extensions of
EventTask, giving the additional ability to programmatically determine
whether an event's
          default action should be executed, or overridden. A sample
implementation of this feature is included in BluePagesPerk.
        - The TaskTools methods (out(), msg(), stopNow(), and stop()) now
accept a device parameter for ease of multiple device support.
        - Added a new setting called VerboseTrap to aid Perk debugging.
- Fixed a problem where AutoTasks registered within a Perk were not removed
 when the Perk was removed.
- Fixed a NullPointerException when TopLevelWindowWithFocus is null.
- Fixed a NullPointerException when current item's AccessibleState is null.

- Fixed an IllegalArgumentException when a specified Perk name to add is an
 "illegal name" as defined by Java.
- Fixed reading of table column headers.
- Fixed "spelling" of all numeric "words".
- Improved error handling when resource file is not available.
- Included items in our View previously excluded due to being contained
within a non-accessible component.
- Updated the default user interface with the following:
        - Fixed "space" announcement for first character typed in an edit
field.
        - Added "delete xxx" when more than a single character is
highlighted and then deleted.
        - Set default setting of SpellCaps to On for acronyms like "IBM".
        - Changed focus announcement of class names to role names.
        - Changed the mapping of the stop function from the Ctrl key to
(Shift+Ctrl).
        - Inhibited sending of stop (when KeyStop is On) for keyboard keys
that are part of an incomplete sequence.
        - Improved focus announcement processing when switching between top
 level windows.
        - Fixed announcement of "top" when changing focus to menus.

To download the new release of the SVK, see
http://www.alphaWorks.ibm.com/formula/selfvoicingkit. The text version of
the download site is located at
http://www.alphaWorks.ibm.com/formula.nsf/c971ca81f5ea9041882564fe007c8377/
38a26f2478e52fe888256700007c1436?OpenDocument.

Rich Schwerdtfeger
Lead Architect, IBM Special Needs Systems
EMail/web: schwer@us.ibm.com http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/rich.htm

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
Frost

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