Hi. This is great news. It'd certainly be good to see Symphony's IA2 code merged into OOo, as well as further improvements to the code beyond that. Currently, OOo's reliance on Java Access Bridge for accessibility in Windows makes it extremely difficult and tedious for many users to set up. In addition, there are many inherent limitations and bugs in both JAB and OOo's support for it. For these reasons, we currently do not recommend OOo for most NVDA users, but instead advise them to use Symphony. I'm also hoping that this code will benefit from a more open development process.
Jamie On 20/07/2011 1:57 AM, Steve Lee wrote: > No doubt some of you saw the news that IBM have given Symphony to Apache. > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218421/IBM_bequeaths_Symphony_code_to_Apache?taxonomyId=88 > > This is of interest here as James Teh recently stated that Symphony > has a good IA2 implementation and Rob Weir has confirmed the IA2 work > is part of what will be contributed to Apache. Malte Timmerman has > offered to provide some details of the work. > > Ross Gardler, is a mentor of Apache OOo, and also my new business > partner, so we are in a good position to help OOo accessibility remain > a priority.. > > I'm interested to hear what people think is important as we move forward. > > Steve Lee > OpenDirective.com > _______________________________________________ > Accessibility-ia2 mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-ia2 -- James Teh Vice President, Developer NV Access Inc, ABN 61773362390 Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.nvaccess.org/ _______________________________________________ Accessibility-ia2 mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-ia2
