Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] where's the accessibility?

Hi :)
Would it be possible for someone to copy the code en-masse to make sure we get it all.  Then we can 
pick through what bits we can't keep later?
Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>
> To: 'Simon Eigeldinger' <simon.eigeldinger@vol.at>; accessibility@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2012, 18:46
> Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] where's the accessibility?
>
> Some Symphony code has been donated to Apache OpenOffice, including the IAccessibility2 support.  
> The IP in the code needs to be cleaned up; the current approach is to clean the license as it is 
> integrated into AOO.  One of the Symphony-experienced developers just set up a branch to do the 
> IAccessibility2 integration, which would then be available under Apache ALv2 license. 
>
> It is difficult to know how this work will advance to readiness for integration into a release, 
> although it might be available for cherry-picking into LibreOffice before that.
>
> For anyone wanting to follow-along at home, the code branch is in the AOO SVN at
> <https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/ia2/>.  I haven't paid attention enough to 
> know if any check-ins have happened yet.
>
> - Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Eigeldinger [mailto:simon.eigeldinger@vol.at] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:06
> To: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] where's the accessibility?
>
> hi,
>
> i just had time to check it out a little bit better.
>
> here are some examples:
>
> Using NVDA daily build Main 5723, java 7 update 9 with accessibility bridge:
>
> Writer:
> Start writer and then open the export as pdf dialog. you might be 
> figuring out that you can't navigate the dialog with the tab key. or 
> actually you can but the accessibility bridge seems not to know what to 
> do with that dialog at all.
> also when you wrote something and you exit you can't read the dialog 
> where it asks you if it should save the changes to the document.
>
> calc:
> start calc then enter some numbers for example in a1 you type 422 then 
> you down arrow to go to the next cell and enter 319 in a2. then you 
> arrow back up again to a1 and you might figure out that the screenreader 
> kind of gets interupted by saying something of toolbar and other stuff.
>
>
> there are also more things like it seems that the options dialog seems 
> not to be accessible sometimes.
>
> i read somewhere that IBM symphony has been discontinued and IBM might 
> donate some code to LibreOffice.
> Let's hope they also donate the accessibility code as well cause i heard 
> it works nicely with windows screenreaders.
>
> greetings,
> simon
>
>
>
>
> Am 11.12.2012 20:07, schrieb V Stuart Foote:
> > Simon,
> >
> > Good that you now have working Accessibility with LibreOffice Assistive
> > Technology tools.  But as you've now experienced for Windows users there are
> > warts between what is implemented in the UNO Accessibility API (UAA)  and
> > what is passed to Java Accessibility API (JAA) via the Java Access Bridge.
> >
> > Try to identify specifics of what you believe is not working.  Also,  work
> > against an example document that you can share with developers and QA
> > volunteers. Be specific as it would need to be reproducible and we'll need
> > to be able to isolate the accessibility component that is involved.  In a
> > sense build a test case, one that could be tested on Windows as well as on
> > Linux and OSX.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
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