Re: [orca-list] Accessible presentation software

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

An FYI ...

The xml underlying Impress files has been addressed by the Oasis
Accessibility group, with some fixes already in the latest spec. There
will be more work on this for future ODF specification versions.

So, things should get even better over time.

Janina

Rich Burridge writes:
> Hi Rafael,
>
> > I have just subscribed to this list, as I will be exploring the  
> > accessibility of Ubuntu and related software over the next few weeks.  
> >   
>
> Welcome!
>
> > For my first question to the list, can anyone tell me if the  
> > presentation software that comes with Open Office is accessible via  
> > Orca?
> >   
>
> My current reply would be "sort of". I actually put the latest OpenOffice
> development build (OOo-dev 2.3.0 - build #223) through it's paces on
> Ubuntu Gutsy last Friday. I got it to crash once (didn't even go into Error
> Recovery mode), and I filed about 6 other bugs for various problems that
> I found. I also filed an Orca bug for each, so that we can keep track of 
> them.
>
> Two of those bugs have subsequently been closed as there is a magic
> sequence of equivalent keyboard navigation presses that will get you the
> same functionality.
>
> I believe Mike Pedersen has also used simpress/ooimpress in the past
> and can relate his experiences on this. Mike?
>
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