[macvoiceover] Re: Microsoft Office 2008

That depends on what you need, and whether you're willing to pay for it or not. There's the free Openoffice, which works relatively well considering it is their first Mac release, and they really do seem to be trying for accessibility. The spreadsheet, in particular, is very accessible, and the wordprocessor isn't bad though has some extremely annoying issues for what I need out of it. You might as well give it a try, it is free after all and it may be just what you're after. You can get it at: 
http://www.openoffice.org/
The wordprocessor I use, Nisus Writer Pro, costs $80, but for me it is a better choice than Openoffice writer for accessibility. Tables, another very nice accessible spreadsheet, costs $41, and for me is slightly more responsive than Openoffice. 




On Dec 30, 2008, at 18:19, Garret wrote:
I guess my next question would be then what does work and is comparable? 

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From: Jacob Schmude
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Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Microsoft Office 2008
It does not work with Voiceover, and Microsoft have shown no interest whatsoever in improving the situation. This is sad, as 99% of all the Office apps work fine with Voiceover. the one area that doesn't, however, is the most important: the main content window, the document area. There's no way to read what's inside it with Voiceover, which renders Office rather useless. It would also be relatively easy for Microsoft to fix this, but they seem to have no desire to do so. 



On Dec 30, 2008, at 18:00, Garret wrote:


Hey there,
Has anyone used Office 2008 with VoiceOver? I can't find out anything about whether it has support or not. If someone has a link with info they could forward along that would be great. 

Garret
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