[Blindmath] Request for Beta Testers

[Icewolf]

Hello,
I am using a 64bit Windows seven laptop.  I would be interested in 
helping out.  I can test it with JAWS 12 and 13 as well as NVDA if needed.
Thanks,
Greg Wocher

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On 12/13/2011 9:01 PM, David Andrews wrote:
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>> 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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