Re: [orca-list] Latex and LibreOffice on ubuntu 12.04 LTS

["Alex Midence" <alex midence gmail com>]

Screen readers do all right with presentations in windows.  I'm a corporate trainer.  I use presentation 
software literally every day and would be hard pressed to do my job well without one.  This is in response to 
your comment that screen readers don't do well with presentation software in general.  They do all right as 
long as stuff has text labels and alternate text similar to what you find in html on the web.  It's a pity 
about Impress.  I used it some for reading powerpoints for a college class I took when my home pc didn't have 
powerpoint on it.  I installed a Vinux virtual machine and was able to make them work after a fashion.  It 
looks like a killer bit of software.  I  wish I could use it in an official capacity for work because the 
wizards are quite nice.  I use powerpoint 2010 with Jaws 11.0.1476 in conjunction with MS Office's new self 
voicing functionality in areas Jaws will not read well.

Alex Midence
Milliman, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:17 PM
To: JAMES AUSTIN
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Latex and LibreOffice on ubuntu 12.04 LTS


Hi James,

Yes. Using Latex on Ubuntu is quite decent. If you download and instal Emacspeak and GNU Emacs you will have 
a great environment for writing up Latex documents and such.

As far asLibreoffice and Orca goes I have no complaints at the moment. 
On Ubuntu 12 with Orca 3.4.1 I'm pretty much able to do everything I need to do with Writer and Calc. The 
only part of office Orca doesn't really handle well is Presentation which isn't unusual given that screen 
readers tend not to support presentation applications too well in general.

Cheers!

On 4/30/2012 8:25 AM, JAMES AUSTIN wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Do any of you use LaTeX on Ubuntu? I have used it for a long time on OS X, and wonder if the experience is 
> comparable?
>
> Similarly, how does Orca work with Libre office? please?
>
> Thank you
> Warmest wishes
> James
>
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