Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader
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 text, just as it does for Web pages. As an example, if the line of text contains a level 1 heading and contains the text "hello" you would hear, "heading level 1, hello." For some reason pressing insert-F to speak the font and formatting dialog does not correctly identify the correct heading level. I will alert Vispero about this bug. Opening and saving documents is similar to other text editors. Ctrl-O can be used to open files, ctrl-S for saving, etc. Let me know if you need specific help with this. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019 WWW.DavidGoldfield.org On 9/21/2020 1:50 PM, chantal hampson wrote: 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 if it does work has anyone got any tutorials they could recommend to get me started I just want to open word docx files in writer, add text and then save them on my pen drive. I would also need to quickly insert heading styles in my docs file using writer is there a quick easy alternative then f6 to get to the format tooll bar as this is one of the features I will use on a regular basis. Many thanks for all your help in advance Kind regards Chantal -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader
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 am only a casual user of Writer and have used it to perform what some would rightfully consider to be very basic editing. I don't know if a tutorial exists which is geared toward users of screen readers. I would be more than willing to participate in such a project if I improve my Writer skills as I really believe in what the Document Foundation is doing and have always appreciated their work since LibreOffice was first launched. I have a background in product training and support and have written professional documentation in the past and so assisting with a tutorial for visually impaired user is something which appeals to me. And if I ever do work on such a tutorial I promise not to write the type of run-on sentences that you see in this message. It is a bad habit of mine. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019 WWW.DavidGoldfield.org On 9/23/2020 11:35 PM, David Goldfield wrote: 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 Writer and Calc, will work reasonably well with JAWS 2020. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019 WWW.DavidGoldfield.org On 9/21/2020 2:07 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: 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 support for the Microsoft UIA API used in later Office product offerings. As does the NVDA screen reader. Stuart -- Sent from: http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/Accessibility-f2006038.html -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader
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 Writer and Calc, will work reasonably well with JAWS 2020. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019 WWW.DavidGoldfield.org On 9/21/2020 2:07 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: 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 support for the Microsoft UIA API used in later Office product offerings. As does the NVDA screen reader. Stuart -- Sent from: http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/Accessibility-f2006038.html -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Using Libre office with the Jaws screen Reader
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 support for the Microsoft UIA API used in later Office product offerings. As does the NVDA screen reader. Stuart -- Sent from: http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/Accessibility-f2006038.html -- 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
