RE: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?

  • From: "DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26" <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:45:43 -0400

Well, maybe Oracle can make a case.  What I'd like to see the Courts do
is to give Oracle a provisional victory such that for as long as Oracle
actively supports Android software development they can continue to
collect money.  When they discontinue support, their time to collect
money from Android would also properly end.  Now if such a precedent as
that were extended to cover the rest of the software industry, I think
we would witness the end of the days when titles were being added to the
abandonware list.  Also, in that way a collection right comes with a
software development support responsibility.

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:21
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?

Well, Oracle bought Sun Micro Systems, so they bought Java along with
everything else owned by Sun. Now, since Android is written in Java
and runs atop a virtual machine, Oracle is trying to say that they are
entitled to some of the money made by Android since it is written in a
language Oracle now owns.

On 8/18/10, katherine Moss <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Holy moly!  What's going on there?  What's Oracle suing Google for?
>
>
>
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Marang
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:38 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?
>
>
>
> Is all Android app development based on Google's version of Java?  Are
there
> reasonable resources I can point developers to for Android
accessibility
> implementation?  As a potential user / tinkerer, I would like to know
as
> well and hopefully be in a better position to provide positive
feedback.
>
>
>
> Will the threatened Oracle lawsuit of Google over Java damage
Android's
> success?  Will it destroy inovation and Open Source if they win?
>
> Don Marang
>
>
>
> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real
> substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am
working
> on things that matter.
> Dean Kamen
>
>
>
> From: Ken Perry <mailto:whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 7:52 PM
>
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: RE: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?
>
>
>
> This is sort of what Android is doing even if they have not went far
enough
> yet.  They have an accessible event that is thrown by all controls
excepting
> static and some other problems but at any rate if you use basic
controls you
> get the accessible events if however you want to make a custom action
you
> can also throw accessible events that the screen readers like talk
back will
> catch and speak or the accessibility tools like kick back and sound
back can
> catch and do something with.  So its part developer putting in special
> access and part developer using the controls that are already
accessible.
> The unfortunate problem is what you get is only part accessible in
most
> cases.  I am not saying Android is not accessible I am saying what
Android
> is once again proving is if you leave it up to the developer at all us
as
> developers are too lazy to do it.  Take me for example if I as a blind
coder
> wrote a scrabble game I would not think of special cases for high
resolution
> graphic cards to have spinning tiles or something to make the game
more
> interesting for a sited player.  I would be shooting for my target
audience.
> The reverse is even worse not only are sighted programmers used to
rapid
> development and anything that slows them down out, but they wouldn't
know
> what we need to have sent to make something accessible unless we point
it
> out.  Here is an example under the Android platform.  The default
media
> player has very accessible artist and song lists. But when you open
them
> they say nothing for example When you open the media layer you are on
a tab
> screen and when you arrow left and right it says artist albums and
songs.
> If you click on artist nothing happens or at least as a blind person
hears
> it nothing at all happens.  If however you are sighted you will notice
that
> a whole list below opens up sort of like a tree but it's more like an
> expanded list.  If you don't know what you're doing and you click on
it
> again because you thought nothing happened it would close the list.
Now a
> sighted coder wouldn't know this is a problem and the current access
frame
> work doesn't take this into account.  What should have happened is a
open
> event should have been thrown even though focus didn't change there
should
> have been a notification.  Well it would have cost maybe 10 lines a
code to
> make this work but those lines are not easy to find and if you don't
know it
> needs to be there well you're not going to go looking in the View.java
class
> and the accessible_inf_event.java class to figure out how it works
because
> you don't know you need to.
>
>
>
> So how do we fix this?  My answer is better thought out tool kits.
Once the
> developers can just use and it will be accessible.  If they make
accustom
> control then don't do something for accessibility it will error.  Will
this
> ever happen.  My answer is no but shrug I hope I am wrong.
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay
Macarty
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 1:29 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?
>
>
>
> One of the ideas I have been toying with for the java screen reader
(either
> we4java or jac) is providing a set of runtime annotations which could
be
> used to enhance an application's accessibility by allowing the app
developer
> to put in self voicing annotations. There are differing schools of
thought
> on self voicing. Some say it is good because the developer knows the
app
> best and where self voicing would be helpful. On the other hand,
putting in
> self voicing without providing the user a way of controling it or
turning
> off certain levels of it, takes away from the user's control over the
> accessibility feedback. If we put self voicing annotations into the
java
> screen reader, a developer could add them in if desired but the base
screen
> reader code base would still have control and could provide a common
> mechanism for allowing the user to adjust the self voicing feedback.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Ken Perry <mailto:whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 5:20 PM
>
> Subject: RE: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?
>
>
>
> I agree with Chris H.'s answer but I want to point out it's our fault
it's
> not already accessible.  I wrote a simple talking java screen reader
that
> did very little but it made it so I could use  Open Office. Crappily
but the
> buttons talked and all and I did this in like 200 lines of code.  I
know
> that code got passed around and I have since lost my copy but it  can
be
> done by replacing the access bridge with self voicing code.  It just
takes
> someone actually doing it.
>
>
>
> I am interested to see where Open Office goes now that it is Oricals.
I am
> worried about all Java stuff now that Orical is trying to Sew Google
into
> stopping Android.  It's a crazy world.
>
>
>
> Ken
>
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels
Roos
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 3:30 AM
> To: programmingblind
> Subject: Why isn't Open Office on Windows Accessible?
>
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Sorry if this question has been raised before and dealt with. Does
anyone
> know exactly why the Windows version of Open Office is only partly
> accessible with a screen reader, while the Linux version is streets
ahead?
> Because Open Office is written in Java I assume the code base is 98%
> identical across platforms. Is the problem mainly with the JAB (Java
Access
> Bridge) or with the screen readers themselves? Could the JAB not be
open
> sourced so it can be updated to bridge Java, MSAA, UIA and any other
access
> middle ware standard?
>
> NVDA works the best with Open Office, so I would assume it makes the
best
> use of the JAB. Is there other Java to access technology middle ware
in
> common use today?
>
> I can remember a really long thread that in part had some info on Java
> accessibility, but I just can't justify going through all that to
possibly
> find out more.
>
> Keep well
>
>
> --
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