JAWS: accessibility advice needed...

Hi All,
I've finished some govt. contract work here in Australia and now I've been asked to make the GUI elements accessible. Using code I've writte, which queries GUI objects and their children, and writes out the accessible name and description, I can see that the relevant information is available through the Accessibility API (excluding Lists & Tables)
However, when using JAWS 4.51 it will happily read out any UI elements which I can tab to, but completely ignores other elements which cannot be selected. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a workaround?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Dan. Basically I'm not a GUI programmer (crypto toolkits mainly), but I now have to make some GUI stuff accessible. I've never done this aspect of coding before, and since there seem to be such basic problems between JAWS and Java, I don't particularly want to start something that I can't finish. I've had email replies from Freedom Scientific saying that there are issues between JAWS and Java which are both their fault and Sun's fault, but that's about as specific as they would get.
I've seen some of your other posts on JLists and JTable so I know you're making progress. From what you describe though, you are doing so by adding multiple descriptions to focusable objects, rather than individual descriptions to each object? Does this follow with other object as well?
Do you know if doing something like that would break compatibliity with some other screen reader? Do you know of any other screen readers?
thanks for your help,
donncha

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    2. I trust you've enabled Parental Controls, Simple Finder, etc. to keep the children from discarding system-related files? I presume they do not know the Admin password on that computer and their accounts are not set up as Admin, yes?
    3. You wrote: "What is the best way to backup the kids accounts? I have a FW drive connected to it, so I can back up stuff to it. I really don't want a "clone" just a decent backup."The advantage of duplicating (cloning) is that if you decide to reinstall Tiger from scratch, you can restore their accounts simply using the Migration Assistant from the clone on the FireWire drive after you've set up the an Admin account for yourself to manage their Mac. It's a little-known fact that you can use the Migration Assistant to migrate from an a duplicate of the startup disk of an "old" Mac on a FireWire drive vs. Target Disk mode.
    That would also settle the question of saving a backup of your account and your wife's account on that computer for the time being. At some point you could startup from that clone, then use the instructions in "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Deleting a user account" to delete those accounts from the clone and move the disk images for such to another drive on your new Mac. Note that if one of the accounts you are deleting from such is the only Admin account, you may want to first create another Admin account on the clone and use it to delete-and-preserve your account and that of your wife as you need to use an Admin account to remove accounts.
    For advice on the backup and recovery solution I employ, see my "Backup and Recovery" FAQ.
    4. If you're going to perform a full, fresh reinstall of Tiger on your children's computer, I also recommend — after cloning the drive and assuring you have good, bootable clone — to first "zero" the drive to remove any bad sectors that may have developed. See "Disk Utility 10.5 Help: Securely erasing disks." Select at least the "Zero Out Data" security option.
    5. FYI: If your children access the Internet, see my "Internet Safety for Children" FAQ for my advice on protecting your children on the Internet. This FAQ lists some Mac-based solutions, tips I have suggested in prior posts, and a list of links for additional information.
    Note that some of the information above is from the "Moving to a New Mac" and "Zeroing Volumes" chapters of my book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Tiger Edition.
    Good luck!
    Dr. Smoke
    Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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