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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 18 09:20:16 -0800
2006 -------
I wasn't sure how significantly voting is taken into consideration here, so I'm
voting AND commenting. :-)
I realize that you all are quite busy, but if exposing this -- and similar --
information via at-spi could somehow be prioritized, that would be awesome.
As it currently stands, there is still quite a bit of formatting which a sighted
user can obtain immediately with a mere glance that a blind user cannot. (In
addition to this bug, please see issues #71385, #72161, #70872) In order for a
blind user to obtain this information, he/she must move to the relevant
toolbar/dialog box controls and examine their values. The problem with this
method is two-fold:
1. The user has to suspect that there is something worth checking for.
2. For each character or paragraph (depending on the attribute in question) to
be checked, the user has to take the time to move to the text in question, then
navigate to the toolbar/dialog in question, then navigate to the control in
question, and finally return to the document to repeat the entire process for
the next bit of text.
Given a sufficiently lengthy document, item #2 could take a blind user an hour
whereas the equivalent check could be done by other (sighted) users in mere
minutes.
As for item #1: In my experience, most users tend to suspect that they have
correctly applied the formatting they intended -- not that they've managed to
significantly mess up their document with unintended attributes. :-) As a
result, the typical user is likely to “double-check” the formatting he/she
expects to be present and relatively unlikely to check the remainder of the
document for unintended formatting (because doing so currently takes so much
time!). The end result, unfortunately, is not always what the user thinks it
is.
Were all of this information to be exposed via at-spi, Orca (and other screen
readers) could be scripted to present the user with, say, all of the non-default
formatting. That would enable users who are blind to use OOo MUCH more
effectively, efficiently, and with confidence that their documents look as they
intend.
Thank you VERY much for your time and consideration!!
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