Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

2020-09-23 Thread David Goldfield
Chantal, For heading styles you can press control 1 for a level 1 heading, control-2 for a level 2 heading, etc. You can do this for heading levels up to 5. When you read the line of text with the new heading JAWS will verify your change by announcing the heading level before the line of

Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

2020-09-23 Thread David Goldfield
Hello. I should add that many years ago it was true that JAWS did not support LibreOffice very well and, at that time, NVDA was definitely a better screen reader to be using. However, over time this has changed. Chantal, I'm afraid that I don't have the specific answers to your questions as I

Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

2020-09-23 Thread David Goldfield
Hi. I wanted to report that I have been using LibreOffice off and on with JAWS 2020 with good success. I have recently used JAWS with LibreOffice version 7 and it works quite well. Admittedly, you're going to get the best accessibility experience with Microsoft 365 but LibreOffice, at least

[libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

2020-09-21 Thread chantal hampson
Hi all, I am a new member of the list so sorry if these Topics have been covered previously. I am totally blind and use the Jaws Screen Reader now I am aware that Libre office works with NVDA but doesreg it work with Jaws. I have been on the accessibility page but it didn't mention Jaws anywhere

Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader

2020-09-21 Thread V Stuart Foote
Hi Chantal, Sorry, unfortunately JAWS has no support for the IAccessible2 based accessible event API that is implemented in LibreOffice. You would have to shift to the NVDA screen reader on Windows, or to a Linux with its ORCA screen reader to use LibreOffice. If you remain with JAWS, it has