Hi Jean-Philippe, On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:53:10 +0200 Jean-Philippe MENGUAL <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > My point of starting is: while Libreoffice is accessible all right with > the screen reader Orca with GNU/Linux, it's absolutely not usable with > NVDA on Windows. The problem: it makes loose the credibility of the free > software, which is installed in public administrations, and problematic > for blind people. > > So I would like us to work very much about this, with testers, and > developpers which are mandatory. During Libre Software Meeting, I was > told that IBM had written a module to make OOo accessible. If I > understand, its name is "Iaccessible2". Really? The latest thing I've heard about the IAccessible2 implementation is, that it really is at Oracle, and that there is still some work to do to be able to implement it fully in the software. I don't know, if it is included the big software package, that Oracle donated to the Apache foundation. If it is, once it is implemented in Apache OpenOffice.org, we can reuse it in LibreOffice. The Apache License allows it, that we can use it. > If it is right, it seemed it was given to Oracle. Now the question is: > where's this code? In Apache foundation? Oracle? or could Libreoffice > ship this in the fork? Can we fetch it from Apache if it's there and > what are license conditions (I don't know Apache License)? Is it > implemented? > > If it is not, who can I contact to find this code and allow to integrate > it in LibreOffice? If it is, could you help me for identifiation, so > that I see with NVDA what's possible? > > I read today Rob Weir who seems to say that this code is in OOo from > Apache, and in Symphony too. Can you tell me if we can find it there so > and ship it on Libreoffice? I hope, that my answer is helpful to you. Sigrid -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
