[nfbcs] Accessibility of Open Office and Lotus Symphony under Linux and Windows

[Tami Jarvis]

Peter,

Orca is the screen reader for Linux, and it is totally free, no SMAS or 
anything! There are others for various functions and command line use, 
but for working with the GUI, Orca is it. It does very well and is under 
constant development to keep up with changes.

LibreOffice is really accessible on Linux, but I don't know about 
Windows. I've never tried

For braille, you have BRLTTY and liblouis, which are also under constant 
development and maintenance, so support there is also getting better all 
the time. Again, it's all open source so free.

There are some multimedia types on the Orca list: 
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list. You can find some 
good discussions in the archive, I'm sure, or ask questions on the list.

That's about all I know! Well, and that given the cost of Windows 
software for the stuff you do, you can save 4 or 5 figures worth in a 
hurry. Worth the learning curve if you ask me! /smile/

Good luck!

Tami

On 10/06/2013 11:30 AM, Peter Donahue wrote:
> Good afternoon again everyone,
>
>      We tried Open Office in the past using earlier versions of JAWS but
> found the accessibility to be less than desirable. We currently have
> JFW14 on our machines and am curious to know what the state of
> accessibility of Open Office is at present for both the Linux and
> Windows OS. The same goes for Lotus Symphoney. I heard that Lotus
> Symphoney is the most accessible of the two but would like additional
> feedback on this matter. Also if neither of these two programs work
> under Linux is there an office suite for Linux you can recommend? Your
> feedback will be very much appreciated.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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