Monday July 10, 2006

StarOffice, OpenOffice.org and Accessibility

It happens very often that people think they can't use StarOffice or OpenOffice.org because they need Assistive Technology (AT).

This is not true!

StarOffice or OpenOffice.org have a lot of built-in support for Assistive Technology.

The UNO Accessibility API (UAA) delivers all information that AT needs.
Currently no AT has built-in support for UAA, but the UAA is bridged to Java Accessibility, so every AT that supports Java Accessibility also supports StarOffice and OpenOffice.org automatically.

So if you re unsure if StarOffice or OpenOffice.org works with your AT, just download OpenOffice.org for free, and give it a try!

Some configuration hints can be found on http://openoffice.org/access.

Posted by Malte Timmermann ( Jul 10 2006, 09:31:06 AM CEST ) Permalink Comments [0]