Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

Hello. I should add that many years ago it was true that JAWS did not 
support LibreOffice very well and, at that time, NVDA was definitely a 
better screen reader to be using. However, over time this has changed.

Chantal, I'm afraid that I don't have the specific answers to your 
questions as I am only a casual user of Writer and have used it to 
perform what some would rightfully consider to be very basic editing. I 
don't know if a tutorial exists which is geared toward users of screen 
readers. I would be more than willing to participate in such a project 
if I improve my Writer skills as I really believe in what the Document 
Foundation is doing and have always appreciated their work since 
LibreOffice was first launched. I have a background in product training 
and support and have written professional documentation in the past and 
so assisting with a tutorial for visually impaired user is something 
which appeals to me. And if I ever do work on such a tutorial I promise 
not to write the type of run-on sentences that you see in this message. 
It is a bad habit of mine. 😊




David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

On 9/23/2020 11:35 PM, David Goldfield wrote:
> Hi. I wanted to report that I have been using LibreOffice off and on 
> with JAWS 2020 with good success. I have recently used JAWS with 
> LibreOffice version 7 and it works quite well. Admittedly, you're 
> going to get the best accessibility experience with Microsoft 365 but 
> LibreOffice, at least Writer and Calc, will work reasonably well with 
> JAWS 2020.
>
>
> David Goldfield,
> Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
> JAWS Certified, 2019
>
> WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
>
> On 9/21/2020 2:07 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> > Hi Chantal,
> >
> > Sorry, unfortunately JAWS has no support for the IAccessible2 based
> > accessible event API that is implemented in LibreOffice.  You would 
> > have to
> > shift to the NVDA screen reader on Windows, or to a Linux with its ORCA
> > screen reader to use LibreOffice.
> >
> > If you remain with JAWS, it has support for the Microsoft UIA API 
> > used in
> > later Office product offerings. As does the NVDA screen reader.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/Accessibility-f2006038.html

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