Hi Jennifer, I am working on the IAccessible2 migration for AOO. If possible, you can download and evaluate the Windows version Symphony's accessibility firstly. The download link: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home. Thanks.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Doitblind Jennifer McKinley < j...@doitblind.com> wrote: > Good Morning, > > Thank you for including us on this list. > > John and I started Do It Blind because of the lack of accessibility for > blind and visually impaired people for the majority of programs. Although > many programs say they are accessible, we have found they are minimally > accessible and do not make things very easy or friendly for blind users. > John is 100% blind and I am fully sighted. We are a 2 person team taking > on the world of accessibility. > When we launched doitblind.com, we immediately started receiving requests > to script many different programs. We script programs that are most > commonly requested and able to be scripted for blind accessibility. When > you visit doitblind.com, you will see where you are able to download the > different scripts. We currently charge a one time minimal fee for the > different programs. > We have had requests to make Open Office blind accessible and decided to > look into it. What we would like to do is write the scripts to make Open > Office accessible. We would then put the scripts on our website and allow > people to purchase the scripts which would make Open Office more accessible > than it currently is. > As far as programing languages are concerned, we do JAWS scripting. As > far as 508 compliance goes, we can aid programmers in making screen readers > natively supported. If there is currently someone working on > accessibility, we would love to be in touch with them. Thank you! We hope > everyone has a wonderful afternoon! > > Jennifer McKinley > Co-Founder, Do It Blind, LLC > j...@doitblind.com > doitblind.com > 505-382-2641 > > *From:* Steve Yin <steve.yin....@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:30 PM > *To:* dev@openoffice.apache.org ; orc...@apache.org > *Cc:* Waldorf PC <waldor...@gmail.com> ; j...@doitblind.com > *Subject:* Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office > > Hi Reina, > > Did you install the Symphony successfully? If not, please try to remove > the Symphony work space firstly. The path of it is like this: C:\Documents > and Settings\username\IBM\Lotus\Symphony. Thanks. > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org>wrote: > >> Hello Reina, >> >> I trust you are well. >> >> It would be useful to have the rplauncher.og that is left when your >> install of Symphony fails to open. >> >> Another person has expressed interest in accessibility for blind users. >> I have included Jennifer on this note. I don't know how much the work of >> "Do It Blind" is tied to 508 Compliance. >> >> Regards, >> >> - Dennis >> >> > My name is Jennifer McKinley. I am the co-founder of Do It Blind. My >> > business partner, John Martyn, and I would like to work with Open >> Office to >> > make it blind accessible. We have already developed scripts for other >> very >> > popular programs like iTunes, Rhapsody, and Spotify. Please visit >> > doitblind.com for more information on them. Who can we speak with in >> > regards to making Open Office blind accessible? >> > Please email me or call me. We appreciate your time. >> > >> > Thank you! >> > >> > Jennifer McKinley >> > Co-Founder, Do It Blind, LLC >> > doitblind.com >> > 505-382-2641 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] >> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 13:09 >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Cc: 'Waldorf PC' >> Subject: RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office >> >> A. I was able to install Symphony 3.0.1 and the Fix Pack 2. I also >> have obtained the rcplauncher.log, which is rather interesting. >> >> B. When you are able to get Symphony operating, there is a feature >> that will be interesting to understand the accessibility of. There is >> a sidebar on the right of the Symphony window that includes a variety >> of dialogs and a way to select among them. This is also a feature that >> is being worked up for Apache OpenOffice 4.x. >> >> [ ... ] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Steve Yin > -- Best Regards, Steve Yin
