RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] Comments on using Calc 4.0.5 with NVDA

David Goldfield
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Goldfield 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:26 AM
To: 'Alex Midence'
Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] Comments on using Calc 4.0.5 with NVDA

I'll do that.  The real issue that I'm trying to resolve is why 4.0.5 doesn't work with a typical 
install of the Java access Bridge, at least on my workstation.  Accessibility only works when I use 
GW Micro's JAB installer which ships with Window-eyes.
 


David Goldfield
Computer Technology Instructor
919 Walnut Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA  19107

215-627-0600 ext 3277
FAX:  215-922-0692

mailto:dgoldfie@asb.org
http://www.asb.org


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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Midence [mailto:alex.midence@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:05 AM
To: David Goldfield; accessibility@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] Comments on using Calc 4.0.5 with NVDA

You might want to cc the NVDA list on that one.  It could be that there is something they can do 
faster on their end to ameliorate the situation.  It may also yield some more technical 
explanations for why it behaves this way with LIbreoffice i.e. some control is being exposed in a 
different way and NVDA interacts with it incorrectly ETC.

HTH,
Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: David Goldfield [mailto:dgoldfie@asb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:50 AM
To: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] Comments on using Calc 4.0.5 with NVDA

Hello.
I've done some preliminary testing with Calc and NVDA.  NVDA properly reads the cell coordinates as 
well as any data contained within the cell as you use the arrow keys.  This is how screen readers 
handle spreadsheets in excel, and this is good news.  However, if I type any data within a cell, 
pressing arrow keys after I enter any data reads too much information, namely the title of the open 
workbook folowed by instructions telling me that I can edit or enter data.  It does this every time 
I use arrow keys to move from cell to cell.  When I compared this to the behavior in OpenOffice, I 
noticed that OpenOffice does not have this bug and allows me to just hear the cell and its 
corresponding data while arrowing through the spreadsheet.
Again, Libreoffice only begins reading too much information after I enter data into a cell.




David Goldfield
Computer Technology Instructor
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Philadelphia, PA  19107

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FAX:  215-922-0692

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