Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-26 Thread Steve Yin
PC waldor...@gmail.com ; j...@doitblind.com *Subject:* Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office Hi Reina, Did you install the Symphony successfully? If not, please try to remove the Symphony work space firstly. The path of it is like this: C:\Documents and Settings\username\IBM\Lotus

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-25 Thread Doitblind Jennifer McKinley
afternoon! Jennifer McKinley Co-Founder, Do It Blind, LLC j...@doitblind.com doitblind.com 505-382-2641 From: Steve Yin Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:30 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org ; orc...@apache.org Cc: Waldorf PC ; j...@doitblind.com Subject: Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
505-382-2641 -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 13:09 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: 'Waldorf PC' Subject: RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office A. I was able to install Symphony 3.0.1 and the Fix Pack 2

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-24 Thread Steve Yin
doitblind.com 505-382-2641 -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 13:09 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: 'Waldorf PC' Subject: RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office A. I was able to install Symphony 3.0.1

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Waldorf PC
Hello: I tried twice to download Symphony, and I am running into complications. Both times, I have received the following error: --- IBM Lotus Symphony --- The launcher failed with an error. Refer to

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Waldorf PC [mailto:waldor...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 00:51 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office Hello: I tried twice to download Symphony, and I am running into complications. Both times, I

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
it successfully. -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 11:03 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: 'Waldorf PC' Subject: RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office Reina, I am going to attempt a fresh install of Symphony

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hello: I thoroughly appreciate your quick response to my issues and am glad that you are integrating accessibility features into this application. To answer your questions regarding the platform I am using your software on, I am using Windows 8 presently; however, the accessibility problems

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Reina, My name is Reina Grosvalet, and I am displeased about the fact that Open Office is not accessible for blind computer users, as this program does not work with screen reading and other assistive technologies. Blind people, just like everyone else, want a free word processing option

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi there: So, what you are saying is that I will need to use the JAVA Accessibility API along with that Open Office application? Honestly, native controls work much better for assistive technologies. I am not sure how much your developers are familiar with coding for accessibility; however, there

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/15/13 4:38 PM, Waldorf PC wrote: Hi there: So, what you are saying is that I will need to use the JAVA Accessibility API along with that Open Office application? Honestly, native controls work much better for assistive technologies. I am not sure how much your developers are familiar

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi there: You are correct about the limited functionality of the JAVA Access Bridge, hence the reason it is never recommended to developers by 508 compliance analysts as an accessibility fix. The intensions were good when developing thebridge, but it is not a good fix. When I am done my work for

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Waldorf PC waldor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there: You are correct about the limited functionality of the JAVA Access Bridge, hence the reason it is never recommended to developers by 508 compliance analysts as an accessibility fix. The intensions were good

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi Rob: I wish I had seen your message before I saw Dennis's. I will merely disregard Open Office 3 and check out what you have sent me in this email. Let me know when you wish for me to do my testing and reporting, and I will be happy to perform these tasks. I assume it will be okay for me to