[gui-talk] Accessibility of the Open Office suite

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Steve and listers,

    I think you mean the JAVA Access Bridge. I have OO on this machine but 
need to install the JAB and configure it with OO to enable it to work with 
that suite.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessibility of the Open Office suite


Rick,

It is my understanding that the current version of Open Office is not 
accessible to any screen reader.  As I understand it, the text is visible 
but cursor tracking and
identification of controls doesn't happen.  There is a new version coming 
out shortly that will be accessible, but may require the Windows Access 
Bridge, but I'm not
completely certain of that.  If someone here is involved in this project, it 
would be very nice to get the latest information.  We are starting to see 
corporations move
toward Open Office and it is probably going to become an employment issue.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:33:52 -0500, Richard Fox wrote:

>Can somebody tell me if the Open Office suite is accessible to people using 
>a screen reader or screen magnifier. If so, how and with what screen reader 
>or
magnifier. Thanks.
>Rick Fox
>VP, Field Operations
>De Witt & Associates
>700 Godwin Avenue
>Suite 110
>Midland Park, NJ 07432
>Voice: 201-447-6500 Ext. 213
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