Re: [orca-list] OOo and orca

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

IAccessible2 is for Windows computers. It provides extensions to MSAA on
Windows that allow it to mimic closely the behavior of AT-SPI/ATK, which
is what we use on Linux (and Unix) platforms.


So, whatever you see that talks about IAccessible2 has no relation to
anything to do with Orca.

If you want to know more, look at:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/accessibility

Janina

Jean-Philippe MENGUAL writes:
> Hi,
>
> Quick question. OOo plans to replace Java Access Bridge with
> Iaccessible2, given by IBM to the community, used with success in the
> Symphony office suite (but Symphony isn't free beyond this IA2 code). As
> I've not tested Symphony on GNU/Linux, my question is: would such a
> change, Java to IA2, improve the accessibility of OOo/LibreOffice with
> Orca? Or would it be a problem? Would it be a good thing? Because we'd
> like OOo to work better on Windows with NVDA, but of course it needs to
> stay accessible, at least as noawadays but still better if possible,
> with Orca.
>
> Thanks for your explanations.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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