RE: [SEC508] FW: exceed environment

["Jim Tobias" <tobias@inclusive.com>]

Title: exceed environment

I could not see any technical solutions right away; I assume we're talking about screen reader compatibility?

Here are a few avenues to explore:

 

1. I don't see a VPAT for Exceed 2006.  I would query the company, Hummingbird, to see if they sell this product to the feds, and bring in GSA if possible.

 

2. RedHat definitely has an accessibility program.  They should be able to work with the employee's technical folks on resolving security issues while guaranteeing accessibility.

 

3. Explore the Hummingbird Exceed 2006 user groups.  I got some hits using the typical terms, but didn't check deeply enough to see what they were all about.

 

Good luck.

 

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Jim Tobias
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From: Barrett, Don [mailto:Don.Barrett@ed.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:44 PM
To: Sec508 (E-mail)
Subject: [SEC508] FW: exceed environment

I'm forwarding the following message  to see if anyone has a positive solution.

 

Don Barrett

 

 

 Hello,

I have access character-based UNIX environments using the Tera Term
(http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html) telnet program from Microsoft Windows systems for several years.  However, UNIX-based GUI-based applications are increasingly productive, and difficult to compete with.

For their UNIX work, my company is standardizing on Linux Redhat 9, using the KDE desktop.
At the moment, my company does not want individuals running Linux Desktops on their own PC's.  They want to run the KDE desktop on remote servers, and to have people access this environment through the Exceed terminal emulator

(http://connectivity.hummingbird.com/home/connectivity.html?cks=y) program.
My company thinks that Gnome desktop is not secure.  As far as GUI's are concern, this setup does not seem to be accessible.

I have had little luck Accessing Solaris 8 X-Windows applications through Exceed.

I am trying to get a transfer to the Microsoft Windows end of the business.

Questions

1. Has anyone successfully used Exceed with X-Window applications?

2. If I were able to persuade my company to allow me to use a Linux Desktop,
how would I go about setting up an accessible Linux Redhat 9 KDE X-Window
system?  By listening to list-serves, I am aware that most of the
accessibility work has been done for the Gnome desktop.

Regards