[jawsscripts] Re: accessibility of Jaws with OpenOffice suite

  • From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:56:32 -0000

Sorry Roy,

  I was speaking of the normal PC cursor view - it's probably a good idea to 
maximise the window as well.

  Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Shtupler" <shtupler@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:29 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: accessibility of Jaws with OpenOffice suite


> thanks very much; will give it a try.
> is everything displayed in a virtual buffer , or a normal pc cursor?
> best
> Roy.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:12 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: accessibility of Jaws with OpenOffice suite
>
>
>> I'm running OpenOffice 3.2.1 under XP 32-bit and using Jaws 12.  I have
>> none
>> of the accessibility tweaks you mention, and I have some difficulty
>> reading
>> if viewing the whole page in an unmaximised window, but changing the view
>> to
>> Fit Width allows the up and down arrow keys to read lines ok.
>>
>>  hth
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Roy Shtupler" <shtupler@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:53 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] accessibility of Jaws with OpenOffice suite
>>
>>
>>> hi listers
>>> any tips on improving accessibility of the OpenOffice suite with Jaws?
>>> I've installed the latest Java JRI and the accessibility bridge v2.01 ,
>>> enabled the screen reader support in tools|options|accessibility.
>>> in the writer application , when pressing the up/down arrows , braille
>>> seems to track along nicely; speech however just keeps saying "edit".
>>> the "read current line" command speaks the line.
>>> moving the left/right arrows says each character properly.
>>> any ideas on how to get the up/down arrows read the prev/next line
>>> instead
>>> of just saying "edit"?
>>> thanks very much
>>> Roy.
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