Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Re: [libreoffice-users] help

Hi,


Am So, 15.12.2013, 20:36 schrieb Tom Davies:
> Hi :)
> I am trying to forwards this to the "Accessibility" mailing list just
> in case anyone there has a good answer.

Sorry for my late response. odt2braille is an extension, so it has the
same accessibility limitations as all LibreOffice extensions that create a
user interface. The extension system in LibreOffice and OpenOffice does
not allow us to explicitly add labels to drop-down lists and other UI
elemennts (except buttons). As a consequence, screen readers are left to
guess which label belongs to which buttons based on their position.
Probably, the only way to make odt2braille accessible is rewriting it
entirely in C++ in order to embed it into OpenOffice and LibreOffice
instead of installing it as an extension. So far, no one has offered to do
this.

Best regards,

Christophe


> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> On 15 December 2013 18:25, Markus Rakstad-Larsen <marrak51@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi, i need help with a problem i found in libreoffice. I wanted to use
> > the program ware to convert documents into pef files so i can emboss
> > them on my braille embosser. The issue is that i’m blind and have to use
> > voiceover on my mac. When i started libreoffice and open the extension
> > file for braille everything worked perfectly, but when i shall set the
> > settings for the embosser conversion in format menu (braille) the
> > problem came. The popup-buttons dint work with the screenreader witch
> > means that i can’t get the settings done. I asked for help and thought
> > that this might just be one time i need to adjust this parameters so
> > thats okay. Than i should open the file-menu and hit export to braille.
> > I did so and the problem came again. Here i need to select the filetype
> > (per) each time i shall export something and the popup thing dosnt work.
> > What to do?
> >
> > Best regards Markus.
> >
> >
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