Re: [orca-list] Abiword on Ubuntu Mate 18.04LTS with Orca

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi James.

The main work needs to be done in AbiWord; not Orca. And last time I
checked, the editable text itself was completely inaccessible.

--joanie

On 3/20/19 6:22 PM, James Austin via orca-list wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I was doing a little digging tonight for some information on docx2txt
> and came across Abiword. I hadn't heard of this word processor for years
> and had no idea it was still in development. It has never been
> accessible on Windows or Mac and wondered if it might be with Orca.
> Unfortunately, the menus and quit dialogue appear to be, but the main
> window remains sadly silent.
>
>
> Am i doing something wrong? Is Abiword accessible with Orca? No worries
> if not, just curious. I am still very much in the early stages of
> learning Python otherwise I would have offered to contribute to making
> it work if that   is on the cards. Howeve, I hope to contribute to Orca
> one day.
>
>
> Thanks for any assistance and for the great work that goes into making
> Orca.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> James
>
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