[nvda] Re: NVDA and open office

maybe if the business world did run on open source it would be better for them all around. 

Josh

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----- Original Message ----- From: "ben swig" <swigjr23@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: NVDA and open office
The big screenreader companies tend to stay away from open source because the business world doesn't use the open source. Everything is run on windows and Microsoft. > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:30:12 -0400> To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [nvda] Re: NVDA and open office> > Hi, I may be rong, but open office doesn't fly too high with the > commercial screan access products either.> > If enough of us use it, it may be worth going after the open office > developers and having them work on accessibility from their > standpoint. I'm sure there's somewhat they could do from their end > to bring it to better usibility.> > What about easy office? I always thought they were the same project, > or that they had been colaborated into one product, but since open > office isn't giving you great joy, why not see ifyou can find easy > office? I have friends using easy office out of the box with > window-eyes and they are happy with it, but they don't really put it > through it's paces.> > Best,> > Erik> At 08:40 AM 18/08/2007, you wrote:> >Hi list, I am writing after a long time. have not been here for long > >but have been following all the latest releases of NVDA. I have been > >trying nvda with open office and have got mixed results. There is an > >accessibility preference under the options. If you enable it, nvda > >provides support in the writer and calc applications. but it is only > >partial at best. actually open office uses java access bridge for > >accessibility. So while you can read and write documents, there is > >no way for getting the font information etc there as those commands > >don't work at all. It is my sincere opinion that NVDA being an open > >source project, should support open source applications specially > >the open office suit.> >Another thing I would like to know is whether there is any > >documentation on the laptop keypad layout.> >Thanks,> >Aruni.> >To post messages to the list send email to> >nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To modify your NVDA Email settings go to:> >http://www.freelists.org/list/nvda> >Thank you for your continued support of Nonvisual Desktop Access, an > >open source free screen reader for Microsoft Windows:> >http://www.nvda-project.org/> >To get the latest NVDA snapshot:> >http://www.nvda-project.org/snapshots/> >Report bugs or make feature requests at:> >http://trac.nvda-project.org/> >Message Archive:> >http://www.freelists.org/archives/nvda> > To post messages to the list send email to> nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To modify your NVDA Email settings go to:> http://www.freelists.org/list/nvda> Thank you for your continued support of Nonvisual Desktop Access, an open source free screen reader for Microsoft Windows:> http://www.nvda-project.org/> To get the latest NVDA snapshot:> http://www.nvda-project.org/snapshots/> Report bugs or make feature requests at:> http://trac.nvda-project.org/> Message Archive:> http://www.freelists.org/archives/nvda 
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