Hi Rob, Thanks. I'm already on the API list and wondering what API changes will affect the extensions and how ;-)
Christophe Am Di, 5.02.2013, 17:40 schrieb Rob Weir: > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Christophe Strobbe > <stro...@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to introduce myself: I have been a research in >> accessibility >> since 2001 and I have been involved in the development of three >> extensions >> for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, i.e. odt2daisy (which converts ODT >> to >> digital talking books), odt2braille (which converts ODT to Braille or >> embosses ODT docs) and AccessODF (an accessibility checker for ODT). >> Since >> the goal of these three extensions is to create more accessible content >> for people with disabilities, and since these people should also be able >> to use these tools, I take a great interest in the accessibility of OOo > > Hello Christophe, welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project. > > I have been aware of your extensions and admired your work for several > years. It is great to have your help and your expertise as we enhance > the accessibility of OpenOffice. > > Since you are also an extension author, you should know that we have > another mailing list, a...@openoffice.apache.org, special for extension > authors. It is a good list to follow to keep informed about API > changes, etc. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > >> itself. The Java Accessibility API, which OOo uses to expose >> accessibility >> metadata on Windows, is not very well supported by screen readers on >> Windows, so I am very interested in helping to test the IAccessible2 >> implementation as it comes along. >> I have added myself to the QA Testing Preferences page at >> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences>. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Christophe Strobbe >> >> (I have been using OpenOffice.org since 2003 or 2004 - mostly Writer, >> Calc >> and Impress.) >> >> -- >> Christophe Strobbe >> Akademischer Mitarbeiter >> Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group >> Hochschule der Medien >> Nobelstraße 10 >> 70569 Stuttgart >> Tel. +49 711 8923 2749 >> > -- Christophe Strobbe Akademischer Mitarbeiter Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group Hochschule der Medien Nobelstraße 10 70569 Stuttgart Tel. +49 711 8923 2749
