Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-26 Thread Steve Yin
From:* Steve Yin > *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:30 PM > *To:* dev@openoffice.apache.org ; orc...@apache.org > *Cc:* Waldorf PC ; j...@doitblind.com > *Subject:* Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office > > Hi Reina, > > Did you install the Symphony successful

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-25 Thread Doitblind Jennifer McKinley
afternoon! Jennifer McKinley Co-Founder, Do It Blind, LLC j...@doitblind.com doitblind.com 505-382-2641 From: Steve Yin Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:30 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org ; orc...@apache.org Cc: Waldorf PC ; j...@doitblind.com Subject: Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-24 Thread Steve Yin
e 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.

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
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 Access

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
running quick-starter, which just appeared. Symphony is offering me a Cloud plug-in and I am not taking the option. 18. I created a little "Hello World" document (.odt) and saved it successfully. -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org

RE: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
the system. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Waldorf PC [mailto:waldor...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 00:51 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office Hello: I tried twice to download Symphony, and I am running into complications.

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-17 Thread Waldorf PC
Hello: I tried twice to download Symphony, and I am running into complications. Both times, I have received the following error: --- IBM Lotus Symphony --- The launcher failed with an error. Refer to C:\Users\Reina\IBM\Lotus\Symphony\\logs\rcplaunc

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi Rob: I wish I had seen your message before I saw Dennis's. I will merely disregard Open Office 3 and check out what you have sent me in this email. Let me know when you wish for me to do my testing and reporting, and I will be happy to perform these tasks. I assume it will be okay for me to sen

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Waldorf PC wrote: > Hi there: > > You are correct about the limited functionality of the JAVA Access > Bridge, hence the reason it is never recommended to developers by 508 > compliance analysts as an accessibility fix. The intensions were good > when developing t

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi there: You are correct about the limited functionality of the JAVA Access Bridge, hence the reason it is never recommended to developers by 508 compliance analysts as an accessibility fix. The intensions were good when developing thebridge, but it is not a good fix. When I am done my work for

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/15/13 4:38 PM, Waldorf PC wrote: > Hi there: > > So, what you are saying is that I will need to use the JAVA > Accessibility API along with that Open Office application? Honestly, > native controls work much better for assistive technologies. I am not > sure how much your developers are famil

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hi there: So, what you are saying is that I will need to use the JAVA Accessibility API along with that Open Office application? Honestly, native controls work much better for assistive technologies. I am not sure how much your developers are familiar with coding for accessibility; however, there

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Reina, My name is Reina Grosvalet, and I am displeased about the fact that Open Office is not accessible for blind computer users, as this program does not work with screen reading and other assistive technologies. Blind people, just like everyone else, want a free word processing option tha

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Waldorf PC
Hello: I thoroughly appreciate your quick response to my issues and am glad that you are integrating accessibility features into this application. To answer your questions regarding the platform I am using your software on, I am using Windows 8 presently; however, the accessibility problems persi

Re: Problems with Accessibility in Open Office

2013-03-15 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hello Reina, On 3/15/13 1:20 PM, Waldorf PC wrote: > Hi developers: > > My name is Reina Grosvalet, and I am displeased about the fact that > Open Office is not accessible for blind computer users, as this > program does not work with screen reading and other assistive > technologies. Blind peopl