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

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      11501
Logged by:          Octavian Rasnita
Email address:      orasnita@gmail.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.

orasnita wrote
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      11501
> Logged by:          Octavian Rasnita
> Email address:

> orasnita@

> 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.

As a brief overview the PostgreSQL project itself only directly supports
installation from source code.  Persons and organizations that are involved
with (or reliant upon) the various operation systems then compile the
provided source code and make it available in binary form on their
platforms.  The Window's installer is provided by the EnterpriseDB
corporation at no charge.  People working for that company monitor this list
but the request itself can only be handled by them - not the PostgreSQL
community for whose benefit this bug reporting list is maintained.

You will either need to wait for someone from EnterpriseDB to respond here
or go and submit a question to their forums (I'm not sure if they have help
tickets for the installer...)

http://forums.enterprisedb.com/forums/show/9.page

You might find this previously addressed if you search the same.

David J.




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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@gmail.com> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      11501
> Logged by:          Octavian Rasnita
> Email address:      orasnita@gmail.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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