Hello Jude, Are there external accessibility resources for openoffice??? I have looked on http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ And I found only something for linux. That was nothing interested for mac-users since we have voiceover. Or, perhaps you'd don't mean a plugin for the accessibility inside openoffice? thx, William Op 22-aug-2010, om 11:05 heeft Jude DaShiell het volgende geschreven: > You did enable openoffice accessibility from within openoffice right?On Tue, > 11 Aug 2009, patrickneazer wrote: > >> Hello Russell and all: >> >> Only new hat around here (smile). >> >> Always remember, if you were not around this list would have to find >> something else to do (grin). >> >> Keep up the fantastic job. >> >> >> On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: >> >>> Hi Ignasi & all, >>> Thanks for that. I keep forgetting that someof you guys are long time Mac >>> users, so some of the stuff I post is old hat for you! <smile> >>> Hope some of these issues will be fixed in future versions of Open Office. >>> Russell >>> On 11-Aug-09, at 4:28 AM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > Yes, the spreadsheet app is indeed pretty accessible. I never tried > >>> > opening databases so can't talk about that, but the problem with the text >>> > > processing application is well known. Every time you start a new line, >>> > OO > actually creates a new control (like a new edit field I guess...) >>> > and > that's why VO reads it this way. This problem is the only thing >>> > that > keeps me from using Open Office as my primary application for text >>> > > processing. I think they are aware of the issue, which is of course not >>> > > VO's fault, so hopefully we'll see it fixed at some point. >>> > > Ignasi >>> > On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:02 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: >>> > > > Hi all, >>> > > > > I just downloaded and installed Open Office. I have some good >>> > > > > news, > > and not so good news. >>> > > > > First, the good news... it looks like the spreadsheet application >>> > > > > is > > quite accessible. VO reads the cell coordinates as well as >>> > > > > the > > contents of a cell that you move into. I tried Numbers, in >>> > > > > the i"Works > > suite, and was very disappointed to find that the >>> > > > > only way to get the > > contents of a cell announced is to interact >>> > > > > with it, and I don't think > > the coordinates are read at all! So >>> > > > > I was quite excited to see that > > the Open Office, spreadsheet, >>> > > > > at least at first blush, seems to be > > accessible. >>> > > > > Now, for the not so good news. I tried opening one of my database >>> > > > > > > files created in MS Access, and it wasn't accessible at all. I >>> > > > > just > > got a lot of numbers, interspersed with the words, "jet >>> > > > > database" or > > something to that effect. >>> > > > > I also opened a word document created in MS Word 2007, and for some >>> > > > > > > reason, each time I press the down arrow to read the next line, >>> > > > > VO will > > read the line, and then say things like, "edit text, >>> > > > > insertion at > > beginningof line". This makes it difficult to >>> > > > > read a document. Also, > > VO A doesn't read the document >>> > > > > continuously. There may be some > > settings that need to be >>> > > > > changed, and I will play more when time > > permits! <grin> >>> > > > > HTH >>> > > > > Russell >>> > > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> > > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> > > > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link >>> > > > > > > > > > below. >>> > > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > > >>> > > > > > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the > > > >>> > > > Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > > > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link >>> > > > > below. >>> > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > >>> > > > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the > > >>> > > Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > >>> > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface >>> > > at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Take good care and I wish you enough. >> >> Love >> >> Me >> > > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >