On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 16:30 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 12:22 -0700, marbux wrote:
> > Hi, Roderick,
> > 
> > I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the draft guide has a severe
> > accessibility issue for blind OOo users. The guide seems to fairly
> > consistently lay out step-by-step instructions using mouse click
> > steps. (I haven't checked all pages, just a spot check.) That doesn't
> > work for blind users. They need the keystroke command sequences
> > instead.
> > 
> > Also, in running the guide through the Acrobat Reader's accessibility
> > quick-check, I get an error message saying that accessibility document
> > navigation is not included.
> > 
> > I am concerned both by the limitations thus imposed on disabled
> > persons and by the risk that Microsoft might use the accessibility bug
> > as a weapon against OOo as it did against OpenDocument in
> > Massachusetts.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > -- Marbux
> 
> Your opportunity to contribute something constructive to the project.
> Please signup via If you were registered and logged in, you could join
> this project. Or you can see if you can get funding so that I can make
> these corrections myself. I have tried the CNIB but, while they are
> interested, all they could offer was encouragement.

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