[macvoiceover] Re: Microsoft Office 2008

Thanks for the tips. I'll check out the free one first.

Garret
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jacob Schmude 
  To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:26 PM
  Subject: [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?

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Jacob Schmude
      To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:06 PM
      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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