Ah *sigh*. Thanks a lot though. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: scripting Adobe AIR applications
Unfortunately not. The UIA tree is all but empty in the application window. This is a very poorly written interface. Aaron On 8/8/2012 12:23 PM, Cory Samaha wrote: > Aaron, > > Thanks for checking into it anyway. Do you think, like Doug > mentioned, that this could be scriptable if we could manipulate UIA through WE scripting? > Or, is this amazon program a lost cause? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 8:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: scripting Adobe AIR applications > > That's a bummer. Nice use of the scripting tools, though. > > Aaron > > On 8/7/2012 5:15 PM, Cory Samaha wrote: >> Yeah, I was able to get it installed using immed actually. I just >> found the accessible object which needed to be activated and did >> DoDefaultAction on it. But once it is installed, I just don't see >> any MSAA event information coming through, nor do I see any >> accessible objects > to work with either. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 5:05 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: scripting Adobe AIR applications >> >> The UIA to MSAA bridge makes the Adobe AIR installer scriptable. In >> fact, Window-Eyes would just read it out of the box were we more open >> to who we support MSAA in. I don't know about the rest of the Amazon >> program. I do see that there's very little keyboard support to begin >> with, even without a screen reader involved. >> >> Aaron >> >> On 8/7/2012 4:24 PM, Doug Lee wrote: >>> My understanding is that AIR's accessibility is UIA-based, and the >>> MSAA support provided for UIA controls is both limited and somewhat >>> non-standard in my experience, which means screen readers that rely >>> only on MSAA will struggle in these cases. I don't remember if WE >>> includes any direct UIA access features for scripters, though I'm >>> sure there are those on this list with very concrete answers to that >>> question. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 03:36:13PM -0400, Cory Samaha wrote: >>> It seems to be short on MSAA events (I tried running WeEvent). Of >>> course, I could be missing something. The direct URL for the >>> importer > is: >>> https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/digital/music/up >>> l o ader/a >>> pp/win/AmazonMusicImporterInstaller-2.0.0._V392838521_.exe >>> >>> I'm not sure if that URL is session specific; I don't think it is. >>> If that doesn't work, go to >>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/mp3/player >>> and login to amazon. Once there, click import music. When you >>> click import music, there is an in page dialog which comes up >>> allowing you to download the importer, but WE does not read this >>> automatically. A lot of mouse nav action has to be done to even get >>> this thing downloaded. The only way I was able to get the direct >>> URL to the importer which I gave above is because I reviewed the >>> source of this > page. >>> Cory >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:48 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: scripting Adobe AIR applications >>> >>> There may be some MSAA event/window information you could use. Where >>> does one find this program? >>> >>> Aaron >>> >>> On 8/7/2012 2:15 PM, Cory Samaha wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> As much as I don't care for some of the recent products from adobe, >>>> there are some programs which would be nice to have access to which >>>> use the Adobe AIR runtime. One that recently comes to mind is the >>>> Amazon music importer, which is similar to iTunes music match I >>>> believe in the sense that it searches your computer and will match >>>> music files on your hard drive with music from the Amazon mp3 catalog. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I was wondering if Adobe AIR has an accessible framework of >>>> any kind? I was thinking maybe it would be possible to get some of >>>> the programs to speak with WE, similar to the WE4Java project. I >>>> don't know much about the Adobe AIR API, so before I waste time, I >>>> was wondering if anyone else has already explored this area before. >>>> >>>> If I am not mistaken, other screen readers such as NVDA tout >>>> support for Adobe AIR. I loaded the above mentioned amazon music >>>> importer with NVDA and couldn't get anything to speak. I'm not >>>> sure if that's a problem with AIR or poor design on Amazon's part. >>>> If a project could be done to get WE to work with AIR though, that >>>> would be > cool. >>>> Any >>> thoughts? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Cory >>> -- >>> Aaron Smith >>> Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW >>> Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >>> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >>> >>> To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past >>> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information >>> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the >>> GW Micro Technical Support Team. >>> >>> >> -- >> Aaron Smith >> Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW >> Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >> >> To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past >> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information >> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the >> GW Micro Technical Support Team. >> > -- > Aaron Smith > Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW > Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 > 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com > > To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past > correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information > pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW > Micro Technical Support Team. > -- Aaron Smith Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team.
