I can confirm this bug as well here. Seems that Orca has a bug that it cannot read Libreoffice documents. I tried updating from version 6 to 7, but seems the problem never disappeared. Unfortunately, it seems Libreoffice is the only program that can handle office documents on Linux.
On Tuesday, 12 January 2021, at 10:04, Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Whenever I am reading long documents in Libre Office with the Orca say all > command capslock semicolon, after a page or so, without touching anything, it > will randomly jump me pages forward in the document, sometimes like half way > through the file and then I have to scroll all the way back up to where it > glitched. > I used to think that maybe this was an issue with Linux Mint MATE and Libre > Office. > But now I also have another laptop running Slint and it does the same thing > when using capslock semicolon to read all in a Libre Office document. > So considering that I am experiencing this in two completely different > Distros, I am beginning to think it is some sort of interaction with Orca and > Libre Office. > Have any of you experienced this? Not being able to read long documents in > Libre Office because Orca jumps to some random place in the document? > Is there a way to fix this? > Or do you just use a different word processor? I don't mind downloading > something new if thats what it takes. > Thanks, > SL > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Ishe Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. : Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
