[nfbcs] Help with Jaws API for Java project

[Timothy Breitenfeldt]

Thank you for the quick reply, , so I am not familiar with dealing
with com objects especially in java. After some research, it looks
like I need to first run the
javatlb filename
command to create the type libraries that I can then import. Is this
correct? do I need to run that on the FSAPI.dll file?? if so, which
one?

TJ Breitenfeldt


On 9/4/18, Doug Lee via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> You should be able to do this via COM: CreateObject "FreedomSci.JAWSAPI"
>
> An interface specification for COM:
>
> dispinterface IJawsApi Member count 6
>     function Disable as Bool
>     function Enable(Bool vbNoDDIHooks) as Bool
>     function RunFunction(BStr FunctionName) as Bool
>         Tells JAWS to execute a function
>     function RunScript(BStr ScriptName) as Bool
>         Tells JAWS to execute a script
>     function SayString(BStr StringToSpeak[, Bool bFlush = True]) as Bool
>         Instructs JAWS to speak a particular string
>     sub StopSpeech
>
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 09:47:37PM -0700, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> Hi , I am working on a java project similar to accessible _output2 for
> python that will provide speech and braille output for various
> screenreaders. I have NVDA working great, now I am working on Jaws.
> This is going to be a cross platform library.
>
> I was looking into the Jaws API,trying to locate the needed library
> and function calls, and I am having some difficulty. I was having a
> tough time finding information on the Jaws API, the only thing I could
> find was a post that was made in reply to someone else inquiring about
> this.
>
> https://www.freelists.org/post/jawsscripts/FW-FSAPIdll
>
> I will note that ,I was unable to figure out how to access jaws
> through the com ports, so I am accessing the function calls through
> the dll. .
>
> There was useful information at that link, but I am unable to get it
> working . My first problem is that I found several files named
> FSAPI.dll on my computer. I am not sure if there is a difference
> between them , if there is a 32-bit and 64-bit dll, or if they are all
> the same. I tried all of ones I could find and all of them said the
> function call
> SayString(String, boolean) could not be found.
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Error
> looking up function 'SayString': The specified procedure could not be
> found.
>
> I can paste the full error if someone wants, but I am not sure if it
> is my java code, as much as it is my lack of information about the
> Jaws API. For completeness though, I am using the third party library
> jna-4.5.1.jar, which is a wrapper for the java native library for
> accessing low level libraries such as dlls.
>
> Does anyone have more information about the Jaws API, and how to make
> calls to it, so that I can pass client strings to Jaws for speech and
> braille?
>
> Thanks,
>
> TJ Breitenfeldtb
>
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