Re: AccessODF, accessibility checker for Writer files

Hi Tom,

At 13:48 10-11-2011, Tom Davies wrote:
>Hi :)
>Is there a Press Release that is not a download?  If there is a 
>web-page then i can link to it from the page
>http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_In_The_Press

We've just added it. You can link to the page at 
<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.xhtml>.

Best regards,

Christophe

>Regards from
>Tom :)
>
>--- On Wed, 9/11/11, Christophe Strobbe 
><christophe.strobbe <at> esat.kuleuven.be> wrote:
>
>From: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe <at> esat.kuleuven.be>
>Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] AccessODF, accessibility 
>checker for Writer files
>To: accessibility <at> global.libreoffice.org
>Date: Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 12:30
>
>Hi,
>
>Yesterday, the K.U.Leuven released AccessODF, a new open-source 
>extension for LibreOffice Writer and OpenOffice.org Writer that 
>helps authors evaluate and repair accessibility issues. You can 
>download the extension from 
><<http://sourceforge.net/projects/accessodf/>http://sourceforge.net/projects/accessodf/>. 
>A press release is available at

><<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.odt>http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.odt> 
>and 
><<http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.pdf>http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.pdf>.
>The extension does not only identify accessibility issues and 
>provide repair suggestions (like Microsoft Office 2010) but also 
>provides automatic or semi-automatic repair functionality where 
>possible. For example, if the checker finds an empty heading or a 
>table where rows are allowed to break across pages, you can simply 
>press the repair button to fix that ("automatic repair"). If the 
>checker finds an image without alt text, pressing the repair button 
>will open the dialog where you can enter a text alternative, which 
>saves you a few steps ("semi-automatic repair").
>AccessODF complements to other extensions: odt2daisy, which exports 
>Writer documents to DAISY, and odt2braille, which exports Writer 
>documents to a Braille format or sends them to an embosser. Both 
>extensions are available on SourceForge. Accessibility evaluation 
>was a feature frequently requested by users of odt2daisy and odt2braille.
>
>Unfortunately, due to limitations in the APIs provided by 
>LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, the AccessODF user interface is not 
>accessible to screen reader users and other keyboard users. (This 
>will require changes in the office suites.)
>
>This is the first release of AccessODF, and I look forward to 
>comments and suggestions.
>
>AccessODF was developed within the AEGIS project, an R&D project 
>funded by the European Commission that aims at integrating more 
>accessibility into mainstream software. Most of the software 
>developed by AEGIS is or will be available under an open-source licence.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Christophe
>
>-- Christophe Strobbe

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