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- Blind leading away from open source
- UPDATE: The man originally pictured here, Andrew Updegrove, writes in his blog that he is and was a supporter of the ODF standard, that the article noted here was not meant to oppose it and was not written for the Commission. He is currently vacationing, however, and I hope to...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format
- Blog posts 2006-08-21
- Top national advocate for the disabled sets terms for endorsement of OpenDocument Format
- Top national advocate for the disabled sets terms for endorsement of OpenDocument FormatFreedom Scientific and JawsFreedom Scientific and Jaws are about to become casualties of this whole issue. By not jumping up and immediately proclaiming support for ODF they areseriously jepordizing their business. Now you have thousands if not...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Recruitment & Selection, Peter Korn, JAWS, OpenDocument Format, accessability, Freedom Scientific, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
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- Microsoft cements OpenXML standard with Daisy deal
- Microsoft has cemented OpenXML as a standard by creating an open source plug-in for the Daisy Consortium enabling Word files to be used by the blind and those with severe dyslexia. Microsoft has long used its superior support for the assistive technology community to help maintain its...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Blind leading away from open source
- Blind leading away from open sourceWindows AppsOpen Office for Windows is a Windows App. Any app that runs on Windows is a Windows App. I think they meant Microsoft Apps.Also ODF support is offered through plug-ins for MS Office.The whole thing smells funny if you ask me.Blind and...
- Tags: OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Corp., Windows App, open source, Massachussetts
- Discussion threads 2006-08-21
- Sun execs explain OpenDocument support
- Informal open-source roundtable with SunCNET News.com's Ina Fried asks Sun executives about the speed of innovation with committee-run, open-source products such as OpenDocument Format. The roundtable took place Dec. 13, 2005, in San Francisco. Answers come first from Tim Bray, Sun Web technologist and co-inventor of XML, and then from...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenDocument Format
- Videos 2005-12-16
- ODF subpar for the disabled? Not so fast says Google researcher.
- ODF subpar for the disabled? Not so fast says Google researcher.Achieving Accessibility with existing ODF appsOne issue that's never been mentioned in any of the discussions I've seen is that getting StarOffice/OpenOffice.org to a more accessible state is NOT a matter of replicating the decades of scripting and custom development...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, assistive technology, Google Inc., StarOffice, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2005-12-05
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