Louise, I have heard on a transcription list that this does not catch sentences with mispunctuation. It is not as good as word itself. I guess it depends on what you want it for. Lovette
On May 2, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Louise Johnson via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brad thanks for what you wrote on the list as I was looking into this for > a friend who has a windows 8.1 computer and Jaws 15 and wondering if it > works atall with Jaws. I know you said you only worked with it for a short > time and you thought it was a little like 2003 word. The person I am > helping has been using it and I am trying to figure out will this be > something for them. If any other listers could answer this I will be happy > thanks very much for any help Louise and Hawk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Martin > via Jfw > Sent: May 1, 2014 8:47 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: OpenOffice, more accessible? > > Ok, I decided to be the test subject. I've attempted to use Open Office > in the past with marginal success at best. After reading this message, I > installed it on my Win 7 machine running the very latest JFW15 update. > > I have to say, compared to my previous experiences with the product, it > runs pretty darn well. There are a few oddities. For instance, when > you're arrowing down the menu options under a particular menu (such as > Format for instance), occasionally you will hear the words "Menu Bar." I > didn't do a very exhaustive test, but I typed a sentence or two, changed > the font, etc. I didn't have any trouble with the simple tasks I was > performing. I will warn you that while it isn't exactly the same, you > will feel like you're in Word 2003. That is to say there is a true menu > bar--no ribbons. Again, not an exhaustive review by any means, but > that's what I noticed in the fifteen minutes or so that I played with > Open Office 4.1 To answer Ted's question, I think the download was 134 > Megabytes. The connection was good though, because I downloaded it in > roughly a minute. > > Brad > > > > On 5/1/2014 7:24 AM, Adrian Spratt via Jfw wrote: >> I'm copying an item from Dean Martineau's Top Tech Tidbits newsletter this > morning because it sounds like a step forward for screenreader users. I'd > also be curious if OpenOffice really has become more accessible. Note that > Dean has stated his newsletter content can be distributed so long as it is > given attribution; otherwise, I wouldn't copy it verbatim. >> >> 1) A step forward has been made in accessibility to free Office suites > with the release of OpenOffice 4.1 with built-in iAccessible2 support. > Screen readers with this support should, in theory, be able to work with OO > out of the box, without the need to install Java Access Bridge. Reportedly, > support is best with NVDA, with the most recent update for JAWS, which works > in most places and forthcoming versions of Window-Eyes may also have > support: >> http://www.openoffice.org >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201405 > 01/0e14b88b/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
