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Posted to qa@openoffice.apache.org by Christophe Strobbe <st...@hdm-stuttgart.de> on 2013/02/04 20:27:56 UTC
New QA volunteer - to test IAccessible2
Hi,
I would like to introduce myself: I have been a research in accessibility
since 2001 and I have been involved in the development of three extensions
for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, i.e. odt2daisy (which converts ODT to
digital talking books), odt2braille (which converts ODT to Braille or
embosses ODT docs) and AccessODF (an accessibility checker for ODT). Since
the goal of these three extensions is to create more accessible content
for people with disabilities, and since these people should also be able
to use these tools, I take a great interest in the accessibility of OOo
itself. The Java Accessibility API, which OOo uses to expose accessibility
metadata on Windows, is not very well supported by screen readers on
Windows, so I am very interested in helping to test the IAccessible2
implementation as it comes along.
I have added myself to the QA Testing Preferences page at
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences>.
Best regards,
Christophe Strobbe
(I have been using OpenOffice.org since 2003 or 2004 - mostly Writer, Calc
and Impress.)
--
Christophe Strobbe
Akademischer Mitarbeiter
Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group
Hochschule der Medien
Nobelstraße 10
70569 Stuttgart
Tel. +49 711 8923 2749
Re: New QA volunteer - to test IAccessible2
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hi Christophe,
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 08:27:56PM +0100, Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to introduce myself: I have been a research in accessibility
> since 2001 and I have been involved in the development of three extensions
> for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, i.e. odt2daisy (which converts ODT to
> digital talking books), odt2braille (which converts ODT to Braille or
> embosses ODT docs) and AccessODF (an accessibility checker for ODT). Since
> the goal of these three extensions is to create more accessible content
> for people with disabilities, and since these people should also be able
> to use these tools, I take a great interest in the accessibility of OOo
> itself. The Java Accessibility API, which OOo uses to expose accessibility
> metadata on Windows, is not very well supported by screen readers on
> Windows, so I am very interested in helping to test the IAccessible2
> implementation as it comes along.
> I have added myself to the QA Testing Preferences page at
> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences>.
You may want to follow this thread on the dev list:
http://markmail.org/thread/blvy5bihp6hsq4ic
AFAIK there is no build yet to test, but sure when the builds are ready
it will be announced in this list.
Regards
--
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina
Re: New QA volunteer - to test IAccessible2
Posted by Christophe Strobbe <st...@hdm-stuttgart.de>.
Hi Rob,
Thanks. I'm already on the API list and wondering what API changes will
affect the extensions and how ;-)
Christophe
Am Di, 5.02.2013, 17:40 schrieb Rob Weir:
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Christophe Strobbe
> <st...@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to introduce myself: I have been a research in
>> accessibility
>> since 2001 and I have been involved in the development of three
>> extensions
>> for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, i.e. odt2daisy (which converts ODT
>> to
>> digital talking books), odt2braille (which converts ODT to Braille or
>> embosses ODT docs) and AccessODF (an accessibility checker for ODT).
>> Since
>> the goal of these three extensions is to create more accessible content
>> for people with disabilities, and since these people should also be able
>> to use these tools, I take a great interest in the accessibility of OOo
>
> Hello Christophe, welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project.
>
> I have been aware of your extensions and admired your work for several
> years. It is great to have your help and your expertise as we enhance
> the accessibility of OpenOffice.
>
> Since you are also an extension author, you should know that we have
> another mailing list, api@openoffice.apache.org, special for extension
> authors. It is a good list to follow to keep informed about API
> changes, etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>
>> itself. The Java Accessibility API, which OOo uses to expose
>> accessibility
>> metadata on Windows, is not very well supported by screen readers on
>> Windows, so I am very interested in helping to test the IAccessible2
>> implementation as it comes along.
>> I have added myself to the QA Testing Preferences page at
>> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences>.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Christophe Strobbe
>>
>> (I have been using OpenOffice.org since 2003 or 2004 - mostly Writer,
>> Calc
>> and Impress.)
>>
>> --
>> Christophe Strobbe
>> Akademischer Mitarbeiter
>> Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group
>> Hochschule der Medien
>> Nobelstraße 10
>> 70569 Stuttgart
>> Tel. +49 711 8923 2749
>>
>
--
Christophe Strobbe
Akademischer Mitarbeiter
Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group
Hochschule der Medien
Nobelstraße 10
70569 Stuttgart
Tel. +49 711 8923 2749
Re: New QA volunteer - to test IAccessible2
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Christophe Strobbe
<st...@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to introduce myself: I have been a research in accessibility
> since 2001 and I have been involved in the development of three extensions
> for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, i.e. odt2daisy (which converts ODT to
> digital talking books), odt2braille (which converts ODT to Braille or
> embosses ODT docs) and AccessODF (an accessibility checker for ODT). Since
> the goal of these three extensions is to create more accessible content
> for people with disabilities, and since these people should also be able
> to use these tools, I take a great interest in the accessibility of OOo
Hello Christophe, welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project.
I have been aware of your extensions and admired your work for several
years. It is great to have your help and your expertise as we enhance
the accessibility of OpenOffice.
Since you are also an extension author, you should know that we have
another mailing list, api@openoffice.apache.org, special for extension
authors. It is a good list to follow to keep informed about API
changes, etc.
Regards,
-Rob
> itself. The Java Accessibility API, which OOo uses to expose accessibility
> metadata on Windows, is not very well supported by screen readers on
> Windows, so I am very interested in helping to test the IAccessible2
> implementation as it comes along.
> I have added myself to the QA Testing Preferences page at
> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/QA+Testing+Preferences>.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe Strobbe
>
> (I have been using OpenOffice.org since 2003 or 2004 - mostly Writer, Calc
> and Impress.)
>
> --
> Christophe Strobbe
> Akademischer Mitarbeiter
> Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group
> Hochschule der Medien
> Nobelstraße 10
> 70569 Stuttgart
> Tel. +49 711 8923 2749
>