Hi :) Stuart has created a great page to help with Accessibility issues which seems to be a recurring nightmare for many people on the accessibility mailing list.
Could we incorporate his current advice and his Faq into a future version of the "Getting Started" guide? Is there already something there that could be expanded? Could there be a link to his Faq (or something) from around the same place as the advice to Mac users in all books? Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> >To: David Goldfield <dgold...@asb.org>; accessibil...@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 5 October 2012, 20:10 >Subject: RE: [libreoffice-accessibility] Latest Libo Won't Play Nice with my >JRE > >David, > >Load order is important as you have a lot of moving part with JRE, JAB, >NVDA and LibreOffice. > >I have posted up the FAQ Wiki >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Java, others are welcome to >refine and expand those details. > >But my suggestion for you now is to uninstall LibreOffice, NVDA, Java >Access Bridge and your Java Runtime Environment in that order. >Unfortunately without NVDA folks will probably need some sighted >assistance to do this correctly. > > >--Java JRE-- > >You probably want to limit system to just a 32-bit JRE. You can have a >64-bit JRE coexist but configuration becomes more challenging. Either a >current 32-bit JRE 1.6 or JRE 1.7 release will function reliably if that >is the only JRE present. > >Download a 32-bit JRE from Oracle: > >JRE 1.7 Download: >http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7u7-downloads >-1836441.html >JRE 1.6 Download: >http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre6u35-download >s-1836473.html > >Alternative for having multiple JREs present is to define an Environment >variable JAVA_HOME and to also add the path to the JRE executables into >the system PATH variable. > >Both actions are done from the System Properties -> Environment >Variables GUI. Or with Windows Registry (regedit.exe) edits of the: > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session >Manager\Environment key. > >Fortunately the registry edit can be scripted for batch installation as >REG files making it simpler to apply to multiple systems. > >For a default 32-bit JRE 1.7 location on 64-bit Windows, JAVA_HOME would >be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7"; drop the (x86) for 32-bit Windows >OS. > >Default for JRE 1.6 would be at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6" > >Setting the system Path variable would require you to append >";%JAVA_HOME%\bin" to it. > > >--Java Access Bridge-- > >JRE 1.6 builds (and JRE 1.7 prior to Update 6) will require installation >of Java Access Bridge v2.0.2, Jamal Mazrui's JWin package installer will >correctly configure > >JWin ref: http://empowermentzone.com/JWin.htm > >JWin Download: http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin_setup.exe > >Download and run the JWin installer. It will fully configure Java Access >Bridge 2.0.2, and having configured the JRE as above--the installer will >point JAB against the correct copy of the JRE. > >With JRE 1.7 Update 6 and later, Oracle installs Java Access Bridge >v2.0.3. But by default it is not enabled. If the JAVA_HOME has been >added to system PATH environment variable as above, to enable you issue >the command "jabswitch.exe /enable" at the Start -> Run box or in a >command window. > >--NVDA-- > >Download current build of NVDA -- 2012.2.1 > >NVDA Ref: http://www.nvda-project.org/wiki/Download > >NVDA 2012.2.1 Dwonload: >http://www.nvda-project.org/releaseDownload/2012.2.1/nvda_2012.2.1.exe > >Prior to install, make certain the Java Access Bridge has been enabled. > > >--LibreOffice-- > >Download current build of LibreOffice -- 3.6.2 or 3.5.7 > >LibreOffice Download: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?nodetect > >The 3.6.x builds provide an Assistive Technology check box at >installation. And NVDA with Java Access Bridge enabled should read the >installation panels. This enhancement was FDO#38833 >(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39833 ) if you have issues >with it. > > >=-=-= > >Multiple versions of the JRE and JAB including both 32-bit and 64-bit >executables, can be made to coexist on a 64-bit Windows system. But the >above configuration with an established JAVA_HOME variable and entry in >the PATH variable will work reliably with the least fuss. > >And, there are some warts with NVDA and LibreOffice -- I find I am >unable to enter/exit Object Navigation and receive an annoying "no >objects inside" announcement. But the Flat Review and cursor based >navigation seems to work well. I am sighted so I tend to cheat, but I >know there are needed improvements and additions for UNO AccessibleRole >and JAB & AT-SPI roles for Apache OOo and TDF LibreOffice Assistive >Technologies to be fully a11y IAccessible2 capable (an open enhancement >request under FDO#39956 - >https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39956 ) > >Stuart > > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to accessibility+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
