Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Selecting text with a screen reader

Thanks David, yes I'll install 4.4. Does the concept of 'fresh' differ significantly from that of 
'beta'?
Thanks again,
Ed
P.S. Apologies David if you see this twice.  I didn’t spot when I replied originally that my 
message went to you instead of just the list.


> On 3 Mar 2015, at 09:10, David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Edward,
> I am not using the current still release but am using 4.4.0 fresh (haven't installed 4.4.1 yet.) 
> With this version, I am unable to duplicate the issues you're experiencing regarding selecting 
> lines of text in Writer. I am able to hear text which is being selected as I use shift down-arrow 
> and even shift-ctrl-down arrow when I select by paragraphs. I am using NVDA 2015.1. Would you 
> consider installing the 4.4 release?
>
> > On 3/3/2015 1:01 AM, Edward Green wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently installed the latest still release of Libre office on a machine running Windows 7.
> >
> > When I’m in the word processor, I am not hearing text read to me when I select by line using 
> > shift +up or down arrows.  I have tried this with both JAWS 16 and NVDA 2015.1.  I do hear text 
> > spoken when I select words or characters with shift left/arrow and shift control left/right 
> > arrow for the paragraph I am currently in, but hear nothing when I move out of that paragraph.
> >
> > I have ticked the assistive technology option in tools/options/accessibility, and installed the 
> > Java Runtime Environment/enabled the Java Access Bridge from the Ease of Access Centre.  The 
> > rest of the program appears to work well, with text being read and menus being fully navigable.
> >
> > Does anyone know if text is supposed to read while being selected, and if so, what I might do to 
> > fix this?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Ed
>
>
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