Accessibility and the web user interface

The PaperCut development team have made a number of changes to the end-user web interface (and the admin interface in parts) to work towards WAI guidelines. The development team welcomes feedback on the "real world" usability of the interface.

Accessibility and the full-screen release station

The PaperCut software based release station is a full-screen application and hence does not play well with Windows based screen reading software such as MAGic with speech. As an interim solution, the development team has supplied a Java version of the release station software that leverages the features in the Sun Java Accessibility Kit. This functionality can be implemented using the following procedure (compatible with any release post version 7.0).

1) Download the following zip archive.

2) Unzip and copy the two files:

      pc-release-java.exe
      pc-release-java.lap

into the directory: C:\Program Files\PaperCut NG\release on the server.

3) Also copy these files onto the local system if you have a local copy of the release station files (no need to do this if running directly off the share).

4) Install the following components in the given order :

5) Restart the system after installing Java Access Bridge (when asked).

6) Start the release station using pc-release-java.exe (e.g. modify your automatic startup shortcut in the StartUp folder to launch this version).

Categories: Implementation

keywords: access, blind, vision impaired, screenreader, narration, voice