https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120009

V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |CONFIRMED
           See Also|                            |https://bugs.freedesktop.or
                   |                            |g/show_bug.cgi?id=69039
             Blocks|                            |121767
            Summary|OO 3.3.0 does not respond   |Apache OpenOffice does not
                   |to Windows 7 built-in       |respond to Windows Speech
                   |Speech Recognition          |Recognition on Windows OSs
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #3 from V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> ---
Apache OpenOffice is a cross platform program supporting Linux, OS X and
Windows environments--for that reason the UNO Accessibility API will remain the
basis of support for all AT at comparable levels across all platforms.

However, as no agreed "standard" exists for Speach recognition services, that
lessens the potential of implementing cross platform support.

On the Windows platform, Apache OpenOffice, IBM Symphony before that, and now
LibreOffice implement the Linux Foundation IAccessible2 (v1.3) accessibility
API. It is providing the AT hooks needed to implement Windows Speech
Recognition (MSSR) to both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice via legacy MSAA
and Text Services Framework but it will likely never integrate with Microsoft
UI Automation.

Realistically it remains for projects external to Apache OpenOffice to
implement Speech Recognition AT for mobility impaired users who would benefit
from that AT.

At present Microsoft has gone its own way with UI and MSSR. And Nuance, with
its current Dragon NS 12--Full Text Control function--looks to again have
omitted Apache OpenOffice and TDF LibreOffice support for UNO API, and only
supporting Microsoft productivity products.

So, while it is possible we might see a Nuance DNS commercial module, I'd lean
more to an Extension for AOO/LibreOffice using the Python based Dragonfly
speech recognition framework and a AOO/LibreOffice specific command-module for
the Microsoft WSR for use on Windows. Perhaps a cross over from the NVDA
community.

So, this enhancement has merit, but it is not a bug or omission in the Apache
OpenOffice project.

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