Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Re: ESC meeting minutes: 2022-05-26

On 31/05/2022 14.20, Jason White wrote:
> It seems to be very much a matter of unaddressed bugs and regressions. 
> The Document Foundation advertised a contract (presumably fulfilled by 
> now) to rewrite the accessibility regression testing infrastructure in 
> C++. 

FWIW, that conversion to C++ is currently still being worked on.

> That's an important step, but once the testing is in place, someone 
> is going to have to find and start fixing the bugs - then maintain the 
> quality of the implementation over time.
>
> Maintaining quality and avoiding regressions is where many accessibility 
> efforts fall apart, whether in the free software world or in the 
> products of large and well resourced corporations. There is also a 
> tendency to implement solutions only partially, but not with good enough 
> quality to satisfy the needs of the users. Being a large corporation 
> with vast financial reasources doesn't necessarily resolve these 
> difficulties. On the other hand, well organized and resourced free 
> software projects can be remarkably successful in this area.

+1

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