J2SE 1.4.0 offers new support for accessibility in the following areas:
Mnemonic tab navigation on a JTabbedPane
Text editing by assistive technologies
Accessibility of HTML components
Accessibility of Swing Actions
List navigation by using the first letter of list items
Component roles DATE_EDITOR, FONT_CHOOSER, GROUP_BOX, SPIN_BOX, STATUS_BAR
Properties to indicate the presence of a screen magnifier or screen reader, or to specify assistive technologies to load into the Java virtual machine
For more information, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/access/index.html.