[nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office

[Nancy Coffman]

Another free office suite is Libra Office.  I haven't tried it.  I have
heard that it is pretty accessible and works quite well with NVDA.  If you
are wanting to use it with Window Eyes or JAWS you might need the Java
Access Bridge.  I think you do for OpenOffice.  I don't have much experience
with either of them.



Nancy Coffman

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office

Graham,

There is the Office 365 monthly subscription that allows you to download
Office 2013 as well as providing you some cloud storage.  This gives you the
office products in a manner that is easier to swallow than buying the whole
suite.  If you mostly need it for Outlook, you might be able to get by with
another email client depending upon what you need.  Many are using
Thunderbird, and Windows Live Mail isn't bad.  There is an inexpensive
program called "Becky" that has a number of Blind users as well.  At least
with Window-Eyes, some have used a word processor called JARTE, at least I
think that is the spelling.  Generally, if it works with Window-Eyes it
likely can be made to work with JAWS.

I have heard that Open Office is much more accessible but have yet to hear
anyone say that as a suite it is as accessible as Microsoft Office, even
with Office's imperfections.  Things could change on that front, of course.

Since Open Office is free, though, you have nothing to loose by trying it
and delaying your exploring other alternatives until you have determined if
it could work for you.  Perhaps someone else here has direct experience with
Open Office and can comment, as most of what I know is second-hand.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

>On Mon, 25 May 2015, Graham Mehl via nfbcs wrote:

>> Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 17:41:36
>> From: Graham Mehl via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Graham Mehl <blind at trailstone.com>
>> Subject: [nfbcs] any experience with JAWES and open office
>> 
>> Hi NFB CS list members,
>>
>> Does anyone on this list have any experience with using JAWS and Open 
>> Office? Both my wife and father are sighted. My father swares Open 
>> office is the best thing since sliced cheese. My wife has tried to 
>> use it, and most things workes well. However, there are issues she 
>> has experience with it, like formatting. I am looking into buying a 
>> new computer. I believe I have a nice one picked out - Intel 7 
>> processor with 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB hard drive and comes with Windows 
>> 8. I have JAWS 16.  On my new computer I am trying to decide if I 
>> should pay for the Microsoft suite (including Outlook), which I have 
>> used most of my life. Unfortunately, I am under an extremely tight 
>> budget. To help me make my decision, it would be nice to know how well
JAWS works with Open Office?
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback in advance.
>>
>> -- graham
>>
>> blind at trailstone.com
>>
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