[Blindmath] Request for Beta Testers

[Birkir R. Gunnarsson]

I will, as it happens, be receiving two 64-bit Windows 7 computers
(work machines) in the next 3 days.
Obviously I have not installed any software on them, so I'd be willing
to test on two systems.
I have latest Jaws licenses, but can test obviously with 12 or 13.
Feel free to contact me off-list or send the link to this list.
I expect to be able to test round the weekend.
Thanks, good work.
-Birkir

On 12/14/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
>>From: "Shelton, Robert O. (JSC-ER711)" <robert.o.shelton at nasa.gov>
>>Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:21:43 -0600
>>Subject: [Rocketon] Request for Beta Testers
>>
>>Hi everyone.  A few years ago, I led a group which developed an
>>application for access to graphical mathematics -- MathTrax,
>>available from http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/mathtrax
>>
>>As often happens, funding for upgrades and maintenance was never
>>provided, and the development team moved on to other projects, but
>>MathTrax continues to have a strong following.  Unfortunately, the
>>Windows installer for MathTrax was only intended for 32-bit systems,
>>and while the application installed by the current MathTrax
>>installer technically works, it isn't accessible on a 64-bit
>>system.  Until relatively recently, there was nothing I or anyone
>>else could do about this; however, last spring, Oracle and Freedom
>>Scientific updated the Java Access Bridge to work with 64-bit
>>systems.  With the holidays, I've had a chance to figure out how to
>>rebuild the MathTrax installer for 64-bit Windows systems, and, at
>>least on my machine, it appears to work.
>>
>>What I'd like to ask is whether there might be several volunteers
>>who would be willing to test my new installer.  In order to do this,
>>you need to have 1.  A 64-bit Windows system (Vista or Windows 7)
>>2.  JAWS 12.0.1170 or later -- any version of JAWS 13 should be fine.
>>
>>It would be particularly useful if your system does not have the
>>Java Access Bridge, because the installer for MathTrax must create a
>>little Java environment fitted with all the Java Access Bridge code
>>for accessibility.  If you have a 64-bit system, and you don't know
>>if the Java Access Bridge was installed, it probably wasn't.  The
>>64-bit version requires a manual install, which is painfully
>>memorable.  Of course, the MathTrax installer takes care of the
>>whole works for you, so you don't have to fiddle with the JAB at all.
>>
>>Please let me know if you're willing to test.  I'll need to send you
>>a link to the installer as the one on prime.jsc.nasa.gov is still
>>the 32-bit version.
>>
>>Cheers to all,
>>
>>--Robert Shelton
>>
>>Dr. Robert Shelton
>>Lead, JSC Engineering Orbital Dynamics (JEOD)
>>Simulation and Graphics Branch (ER7)
>>NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
>>2101 NASA Parkway
>>Houston, TX. 77058
>>V: 281-483-5901
>>E: robert.o.shelton at nasa.gov
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