Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Libre Inpress

On 26/09/2023 09:46, Michael Weghorn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2023-09-25 23:59, Stéphane Guillou wrote:
> > Thank you for reaching out. I believe that the screen reader issue 
> > has already been reported by others, at least in three reports (that 
> > could potentially benefit from some consolidating):
> >
> >   * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96471
> >   * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101005
> >   * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149488
>
> Thanks for pointing to these. I've at least linked them with each 
> other for now (via the "See also" field in Bugzilla).
>
> > Michael Weghorn might be able to summarise the situation regarding 
> > the technical aspects.
>
> Marco Zehe provided useful input earlier that I copied to comment 1 in
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149488 back then.
>
> Reading that suggests that making this work properly will likely be 
> quite some work in both, LibreOffice and screen readers.
>
> > Regarding changing the slides, what controls did you try using? Using 
> > the keyboard arrows did not work?
>
> Switching the slides using the arrow keys does work for me.
> When just using a single screen, nothing is announced, so this may not 
> be noticeable for a blind person.
>
> I can confirm what Jason wrote, though:
>
> On 2023-09-25 23:52, Jason White wrote:
> > It used to be the case that you needed to run the Presenter Console for
> > the presentation to be accessible with a screen reader. I don't know
> > whether this has changed in recent years.
>
> If I use a dual screen setup and the presenter console is enabled 
> ("Tools" -> "Options" -> "LibreOffice Impress" -> "General" -> "Enable 
> Presenter Console" is active), at least the newly active slide number 
> is announced, e.g. "Current slide, slide 2, 2 of 2". (The slide 
> content is not announced then either, though.)
>
> Farhan, are you using a single screen?
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
Thanks Michael!

Also note that it is possible since LibreOffice 7.5 to have a windowed 
presenter console, making it usable on a single screen: Tools > Options 
> LibreOffice Impress > General > Presentation > Fullscreen 
Presentation Console (turn this off).

Best

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