[libreoffice-users] [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] anyone using Libre Office with the Dolphin screen readers?

Tom Randall wrote
> Hi Everyone.
>
> As David suggested I installed jwin and it turns out I had in fact screwed 
> up one file in the access bridge installation.  After a reboot I ran libre 
> office again and it now works perfectly.  I'd like to thank everyone for 
> your help and suggestions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom Randall
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:40 PM
> To: accessibility@.libreoffice
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] anyone using Libre Office 
> with theDolphin screen readers?
>
> Hi David.
>
> Thanks for the info I will definitely check into this.  Yes I have enabled
> the assistive technology functionality and get no errors so that is why I
> am
> assuming that I have the Java access bridge installed correctly.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: David Goldfield
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:32 AM
> To: accessibility@.libreoffice
> Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] anyone using Libre Office with
> the Dolphin screen readers?
>
> Hi.
>
> I have a few comments.
>
> First, I'm not a Dolphin user but perhaps these comments may help.
> Jamal Mazrui has written a handy little program called Jwin which
> automatically downloads and installs the newer Java access Bridge
> automatically so you don't have to figure out which files go into which
> folder.  Why Oracle never made an executable which does this is a mystery
> to
> me.  Just Google
> Jamal Mazrui jwin
> And you'll get to the link.
>
> To ensure assistive technology support is enabled go to Tools, then
> Options.
> (alt T, then O.)  
> In case SuperNova doesn't read the controls contained within this dialog,
> do
> the following.
>
> Press the letter A twice.  The first press takes you to the Appearance
> Options, which is not what you want.  The second press takes you to
> Accessibility Options, which is what you do want.
> Press the tab key once.
> This takes you to a checkbox instructing LibreOffice to support assistive
> technology.
> Press the spacebar to check this box.
> Press enter to close the dialog.
> Close Writer with alt-f4, run it again and you should be OK.
>
> Also, make sure you're using 3.5.1 of LO, not 3.5.  3.5 lacked the
> necessary
> components to get this to work with Java Access Bridge: 3.5.1 works well.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Randall 
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:58 PM
> To: accessibility@.libreoffice
> Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] anyone using Libre Office with the
> Dolphin screen readers?
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I've been using the older Open Office program for quite some time on my XP
> box using the older Java access bridge.  Now that I've got a windows 7
> system I had to get the newer Java access bridge and I decided to start
> using Libre Office since it is still being developed.
>
> I had a devil of a time getting the new Java access bridge installed,
> trying
> to make sure all the files were copied to all the right places but I am
> pretty sure I managed it.  Now I am to the point of actually getting Libre
> Office to work with Supernova version 12 from Dolphin.  I mainly use the
> writer so that is what I will talk about here.  The document portion of
> the
> application is quite accessible, I am able to move around and read and
> write
> and select text using Supernova, in fact it is more responsive than the
> old
> Open Office.  The problem I am having, and it is a pretty serious one, is
> that Supernova is not able to read the menu bar or the pull-down menus at
> this point.  I am not positive whether the problem lies with Libre Office
> or
> with the Java access bridge version 2.06.
>
> I had a similar problem with Open Office and I believe there was a choice
> I
> had to change in the view section of options, I cannot remember precisely
> what.  I have looked through the view section in Libre Office and have not
> found anything that appears to change how the menus are displayed.
>
> Sorry to make this so lengthy, if anyone has any suggestions for me to try
> I
> would love to hear them, as I said I really like the way the program works
> in most ways, it is much more responsive than it used to be.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom

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