Re: Jaws and OpenOffice 3.2
- From: Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:58:01 +0200
Hi Everyone,
On GNOME + Ubuntu Linux + Orca Screen Reader, OpenOffice is extremely
accessible and responsive, so I do not think the inability of JAWS to work
properly with OpenOffice is because of OpenOffice -- I think it is just the
poor Java support of JAWS itself. Has anyone tried Windows Eyes with
OpenOffice?
With NVDA one gets close to the level of accessibility of the Linux + Orca
setup, but it is not perfect. Most noteably is the reading of lines in a
text document. When you have situations like when the text is not visible on
the screen, the first non visible line is sometimes not read, or when you
move from a heading style to a paragraph style, sometimes the first line is
not read and you have to go back to hear that.
Apart from that, NVDA works quite well with OpenOffice. The problem might be
with the JAB which you also need if you use NVDA.
OpenOffice is really a stellar set of programs that can do almost anything
office related, and do it well. It does not use ribbons or any such funny
navigation / menu frustrations, it uses plain old menus and once you master
the shortcuts you can operate the program very efficiently.
That's my 2 cents on the topic.
Kind regards,
Kerneels
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:06 PM, chris hallsworth <
christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm sorry, I only found out the software from another list. I've only had
> it under two weeks.
>
>
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> On 27/05/2010 18:52, Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) wrote:
>
>> Wow, when did that go PD? At least they didn't abandon the program, as
>> they did DisplayWrite in the early '90's. I've always found it ironic
>> that the company that took personal computing to a new level never
>> seemed to know how to handle its good fortune. They were like the dog
>> that chased the automobile, and did not know what to do when he caught
>> it. They always gave great tech support though--the real platinum
>> standard.
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of chris hallsworth
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:44 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Jaws and OpenOffice 3.2
>>
>> I am trying IBM Lotus Symphony and it appears to work well. It's based
>> currently on Open Office 1, however the next major release will be based
>>
>> on Open Office 3. The website is http://symphony.lotus.com. Note this
>> program, like OpenOffice, is free.
>>
>>
>> Mr IT Help Desk [HND]
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>> On 27/05/2010 14:27, Alex Midence wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, folks,
>>>
>>> Has anyone on this list ever messed around with OpenOffice?
>>> Http://www.openoffice.org It's a free, open source office suite made
>>> by the same people that make Oracle. It has a word processor, a
>>> spreadsheet, data base software, a graphics design software (not sure
>>> about that one actually(, presentation softwre and a web design
>>> feature. Saves stuff in all sorts of formats. Anyway, it apears to
>>> have some hang-ups with Jaws even when the Java Access Bridge is
>>> downloaded and the "use assistive technology with OpenOffice" function
>>> is turned on in the accessibility tab.
>>>
>>> Dialog boxes aren't readily apparent when you opoen them in any of the
>>> apps, you have to use the Jaws cursor. Buttons in toolbars are not
>>> labeled at all and don't seem to have tooltips to help you label them.
>>> The spread sheet gives you virtually no information at all with
>>> regard to what cell you are on. Tables and things don't seem to read
>>> very well either. About all that does seem to read ok is the basic
>>> editing and navigation of the word processor. You can read what
>>> you've typed but, that's pretty much it.
>>>
>>> Has anyone here had better luck with Jaws and this software? If so,
>>> how did you configure Jaws to work better? Do you, perhaps have any
>>> script files you may be willing to share or know where I might obtain
>>> them?
>>>
>>> Reason I'm messing around with this software is that we have MS Office
>>> 2002 at home and were talking about upgrading to something. Open
>>> Office is free and saves into enough file formats that, if I could get
>>> it to work, would eliminate the need to spend the five or seven
>>> hundred bucks or so it takes to buy Office 2007.
>>>
>>> Thanks all,
>>> Alex
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