Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] AccessODF, accessibility checker for Writer files

Hi Tom,

At 13:48 10-11-2011, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Is there a Press Release that is not a download?  If there is a 
> web-page then i can link to it from the page
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_In_The_Press

We've just added it. You can link to the page at 
<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.xhtml>.

Best regards,

Christophe

> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Wed, 9/11/11, Christophe Strobbe 
> <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be> wrote:
>
> From: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>
> Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] AccessODF, accessibility 
> checker for Writer files
> To: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 12:30
>
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, the K.U.Leuven released AccessODF, a new open-source 
> extension for LibreOffice Writer and OpenOffice.org Writer that 
> helps authors evaluate and repair accessibility issues. You can 
> download the extension from 
> <<http://sourceforge.net/projects/accessodf/>http://sourceforge.net/projects/accessodf/>. 
> A press release is available at 
> <<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.odt>http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.odt> 
> and 
> <<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.pdf>http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.pdf>.
> The extension does not only identify accessibility issues and 
> provide repair suggestions (like Microsoft Office 2010) but also 
> provides automatic or semi-automatic repair functionality where 
> possible. For example, if the checker finds an empty heading or a 
> table where rows are allowed to break across pages, you can simply 
> press the repair button to fix that ("automatic repair"). If the 
> checker finds an image without alt text, pressing the repair button 
> will open the dialog where you can enter a text alternative, which 
> saves you a few steps ("semi-automatic repair").
> AccessODF complements to other extensions: odt2daisy, which exports 
> Writer documents to DAISY, and odt2braille, which exports Writer 
> documents to a Braille format or sends them to an embosser. Both 
> extensions are available on SourceForge. Accessibility evaluation 
> was a feature frequently requested by users of odt2daisy and odt2braille.
>
> Unfortunately, due to limitations in the APIs provided by 
> LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, the AccessODF user interface is not 
> accessible to screen reader users and other keyboard users. (This 
> will require changes in the office suites.)
>
> This is the first release of AccessODF, and I look forward to 
> comments and suggestions.
>
> AccessODF was developed within the AEGIS project, an R&D project 
> funded by the European Commission that aims at integrating more 
> accessibility into mainstream software. Most of the software 
> developed by AEGIS is or will be available under an open-source licence.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe
>
> -- Christophe Strobbe


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