[orca-list] FOR REVIEW: Re: orca getting stuck or missing lines in libreoffice writer

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Le 08/02/2018 à 11:10, Keith Barrett a écrit :
> Is this a known issue and is there a work around?

Yes, it is a known issue: 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109398

> Debian sid libreoffice writer 6.0.
>
> in a document with more than 6 pages, when arrowing through the 
> document, some lines are not announced and eventually, speech stops 
> responding in a whole section.  This does not happen in short documents.

Joanie committed the patch "0c8ea541454fc7b29eb12abac8f6baff690a6649" 
which stopped the existing workaround.

Given the important consequences on Libreoffice usage, but understanding
why Joanie did this, Hypra reverted the patch in our Orca release for
our users.

It does not mean that we wait for this bug to be fixed upstream, but we
ensure the best user experience waiting for having ourselves the time to
look at it. We are discussing with Libreoffice, and have this bug at top
of our priorities (in LO at least, in parallel with Firefox bugs). If
this approach appears safe enough, maybe Joanie could accept to revert
the patch waiting for we find a solution?

Best regards.
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Alex ARNAUD
Visual-Impairment Project Manager
Hypra - "Humanizing technology"