RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance
Hello Italo, Sorry to bother you again, but we did not get any response from "i...@documentfoundation.org". Any other contact information you recommend. Thanks, Hemmat Ragheb IT Support Services (ITSS), O Support Information International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office 571 775 8350 Office 571 345 5189 Cell -Original Message- From: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:18 AM To: it...@libreoffice.org Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance Hi Italo, OK, sent request to "i...@documentfoundation.org", hope they can help. Thanks, Hemmat Ragheb IT Support Services (ITSS), O Support Information International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office 571 775 8350 Office 571 345 5189 Cell -Original Message- From: Italo Vignoli Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:10 AM To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance Again, if my previous messages were not clear enough: we do not know about the VPAT compatibility of LibreOffice, because this is a mailing list to discuss accessibility issues and not to provide information about LibreOffice accessibility. The fact that you are using LibreOffice 6.4.6 is completely irrelevant for us because we do not have the information to answer your question, as the scope of the mailing list is completely different. We are volunteers supporting the LibreOffoce project and interested in accessibility, but we do not have the competence and the information to answer your question, which can only be provided by the legal entity behind LibreOffice, i.r. The Document Foundation. In addition, most of the mailing list subscribers are based in Europe, and are not familiar with US accessibility regulations. It is possible that no one based in the US is subscribed to the accessibility mailing list. So, to get an answer you should write to i...@documentfoundation.org, because the foundation's Board of Directors is the only body who knows about LibreOffice accessibility compliance with different regulations, and - if necessary - can provide the legal evidence. Best regards, Italo On 9/14/20 1:52 PM, Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) wrote: > Hello, > > We are not using the Red-Hat package, they do not have LibreOffice 6.4.6, > with are using a RPM package or building from source. > Also, This is not about the application is packaging or which operating > system used, this is about the facilities provided by the LibreOffice > application. > > Are we to conclude that currently LibreOffice is not VPAT compliant, are any > plans in place to have LibreOffice meat the requirements of VPAT section 508. > > Thanks, > > Hemmat Ragheb > IT Support Services (ITSS), OEMS O Support Information International > Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office > 571 775 8350 Office > 571 345 5189 Cell > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Italo Vignoli > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 7:36 AM > To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) > Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) > ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance > > Yes, I know, but my previous answer is valid. This is a volunteer attended > mailing list and we cannot provide an answer to your question because we are > not allowed to do so. So, please write to the other email I provided. Best > regards. > > 14 Sep 2020 12:32:15 Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) : > >> Hello Italo, >> >> The Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) section 508 is about the >> product irrespective of which Operating System. >> >> The VPAT is to support users with disabilities, help users to be able to use >> the application. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Hemmat Ragheb >> IT Support Services (ITSS), OEMS O Support Information >> International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark >> Office >> 571 775 8350 Office >> 571 345 5189 Cell >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Italo Vignoli >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 4:42 PM >> To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) ; >> accessibility@global.libreoffice.org >> Cc: Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) ; Xiao, >> Quansheng (Victor) >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance >> >> Dear Sir, >> >> LibreOffice is a free open source software, released by a not for profit >> foundation based in G
RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance
Hi Italo, Many thanks for your update. Thanks, Hemmat Ragheb IT Support Services (ITSS), OEMS O Support Information International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office 571 775 8350 Office 571 345 5189 Cell -Original Message- From: Italo Vignoli Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:10 AM To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance The BoD has received your message, and they are collecting the necessary information. LibreOffice has accessibility features, and there have been recent improvements with LibreOffice 7.0 (still experimental), but we do not have compliance information as they have never been requested because enterprise deployments are usually managed by companies such as Red Hat. On 9/18/20 12:40 PM, Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) wrote: > Hello Italo, > > Sorry to bother you again, but we did not get any response from > "i...@documentfoundation.org". > > Any other contact information you recommend. > > Thanks, > > Hemmat Ragheb > IT Support Services (ITSS), O Support Information International > Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office > 571 775 8350 Office > 571 345 5189 Cell > > > > -Original Message- > From: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:18 AM > To: it...@libreoffice.org > Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) > ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) > > Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance > > Hi Italo, > > OK, sent request to "i...@documentfoundation.org", hope they can help. > > Thanks, > > Hemmat Ragheb > IT Support Services (ITSS), O Support > Information International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & > Trademark Office > 571 775 8350 Office > 571 345 5189 Cell > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Italo Vignoli > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:10 AM > To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) > Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) > ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance > > Again, if my previous messages were not clear enough: we do not know about > the VPAT compatibility of LibreOffice, because this is a mailing list to > discuss accessibility issues and not to provide information about LibreOffice > accessibility. > > The fact that you are using LibreOffice 6.4.6 is completely irrelevant for us > because we do not have the information to answer your question, as the scope > of the mailing list is completely different. > > We are volunteers supporting the LibreOffoce project and interested in > accessibility, but we do not have the competence and the information to > answer your question, which can only be provided by the legal entity behind > LibreOffice, i.r. The Document Foundation. > > In addition, most of the mailing list subscribers are based in Europe, and > are not familiar with US accessibility regulations. It is possible that no > one based in the US is subscribed to the accessibility mailing list. > > So, to get an answer you should write to i...@documentfoundation.org, because > the foundation's Board of Directors is the only body who knows about > LibreOffice accessibility compliance with different regulations, and - if > necessary - can provide the legal evidence. > > Best regards, Italo > > On 9/14/20 1:52 PM, Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We are not using the Red-Hat package, they do not have LibreOffice 6.4.6, >> with are using a RPM package or building from source. >> Also, This is not about the application is packaging or which operating >> system used, this is about the facilities provided by the LibreOffice >> application. >> >> Are we to conclude that currently LibreOffice is not VPAT compliant, are any >> plans in place to have LibreOffice meat the requirements of VPAT section 508. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Hemmat Ragheb >> IT Support Services (ITSS), OEMS O Support Information International >> Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office >> 571 775 8350 Office >> 571 345 5189 Cell >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Italo Vignoli >> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 7:36 AM >> To: Ragheb, Hemmat (IIa) >> Cc: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org; Sabbani, Karunakar (IIa) >> ; Xiao, Quansheng (Victor) >> >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] L
[libreoffice-accessibility] LibeOffice VPAT compliance
Hello, The USPTO is planning to use LibreOffice 6.4.6 for Linux (RHEL7). Please provide compliance status of LibreOffice with VPAT Section 508 (https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat). Thanks, Hemmat Ragheb IT Support Services (ITSS), O Support Information International Associates (IIA) OCIO/OIEO/ESSD U.S. Patent & Trademark Office 571 775 8350 Office 571 345 5189 Cell -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: accessibility+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
