[nfbcs] Matlab accessibility problem

[Doug Lee]

My experience with JAWS and Java says that you have to be careful that
you are installing accessibility support in the correct Java runtime
environment, or JRE. Sometimes you can end up with several of those
installed. Usually they end up under Program Files\Java and have names
starting with JRE, but I've seen them end up in other places sometimes
too, notably for Oracle runtimes but perhaps not only for those. The
safest bet is probably to make sure the accessibility stuff is set up
in all JRE folders you find.

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 06:46:52PM +0000, Currin, Kevin wrote:
Hello Everyone, 

I am taking a course that requires matlab. In class the other day, we all installed Matlab using CDs. However, I found out that extra steps are needed to make Matlab accessible with jaws. I found these here:
http://www.kxcad.net/cae_MATLAB/techdoc/matlab_env/bqwp009-1.html
These instructions say that the CD installation of Matlab edits the correct environment variable and turns on the Java access bridge. The only steps after this were to create an accessibility.properties file and move it into the correct folder in the Matlab package. I did this, and I still cannot get jaws to work with Matlab.

The main problem that I can think of is that we tried installing Matlab through one CD, and failed. We then used another CD, so there were multiple partial installations before a complete installation was achieved. I'm thinking that this may have altered the environment variable. The variable currently looks like this:
C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2013a\runtime\win64;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2013a\bin;

Does this look out of the ordinary?

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Matlab 13a, windows 7, and jaws 12.

Thanks,

Kevin

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