Re: BUG #11501: PostgreSQL for Windows (installer) cannot be installed by screen reader users (blind computer users)

Hi

We use BitRock installer tool to develop the installers. You may use the
command line option "--mode unattended" to get away with the GUI. This mode
will install the installer in the silent mode without any user inputs.

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:37 AM, <orasnita(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 11501
> Logged by: Octavian Rasnita
> Email address: orasnita(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.3.5
> Operating system: MS Windows
> Description:
>
> The PostgreSQL installer for Windows that can be downloaded from:
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/
>
> offers a totally inaccessible interface for screen readers so it can't be
> installed by blind programmers.
>
>
> I don't know what graphical classes it uses but it looks like Java Swing
> (from the perspective of a blind).
>
> I checked in Java/jre7/lib/accessibility.properties file and the following
> line is uncommented, so Java Swing classes should be accessible with Java
> Access Bridge:
>
> assistive_technologies=com.sun.java.accessibility.AccessBridge
>
> So the installer probably uses another inaccessible graphical interface, or
> same as bad, uses its own Java distribution.
>
> Can this be solved, or at least provide an easy solution to install
> PostgreSQL by using the zip archive?
> (Which implies setting the PostgreSQL server Windows service, setting the
> necessary paths that may be needed in PATH env variable etc).
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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