[Blindmath] Request for Beta Testers

[Patti Mitchell]

I will be happy to test for you.

Patti Mitchell
De Witt & Associates
Consultants on Accessibility and Training
700 Godwin Ave.
STE 110
Midland Park, NJ 07432
201-447-6500 x216
973-202-3123 Cell

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-----Original Message-----
From: Icewolf [mailto:icewolf2011 at gtwebdesign.us] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:40 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Request for Beta Testers

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

Yesterday is forever gone, tomorrow may never come, today is the day of all
days.


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