Issue 122839 - VoiceOver not able to track writing cursor and read entered text
Summary: VoiceOver not able to track writing cursor and read entered text
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 4.0.0
Hardware: All Mac OS X, all
: P3 Major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
QA Contact: edoardopanfili
URL:
Keywords: needmoreinfo
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-07-25 14:28 UTC by marcozehe
Modified: 2017-02-17 20:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0
Developer Difficulty: ---

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Description marcozehe 2013-07-25 14:28:19 UTC 
Regression in 4.0 from the previous release: VoiceOver is no longer able to read what was entered into Writer.

STR:
1. Open an empty Writer document.
2. Turn on VoiceOver with Cmd+F5.
3. Type something.
4. Press Left Arrow to read what you just typed.

Expected: VoiceOver should read characters as you pass over them backwards.
Actual: Nothing is read.

5. Press Enter to insert a new paragraph.
6. Press Up Arrow.

Expected: VoiceOver should read the previous line.
Actual: Nothing is spoken.
Comment 1 edoardopanfili 2013-08-07 08:38:41 UTC 
I can confirm the behaviour (but I can0t set the status flag).

To compare open textedit end do the same thing.
Comment 2 edoardopanfili 2013-08-07 12:41:44 UTC 
cOnfirmed using openoffice 4.0.0 on OS 10.8.4
Comment 3 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2013-08-09 13:06:28 UTC 
Could someone please confirm that this is an regression compared to AOO 3.4.1?
If confirmed please add keyword regression.
Thx in advance.

I have no MacOS system at hand.
Comment 4 edoardopanfili 2013-08-09 14:06:34 UTC 
Open office 3.4.1 has the same behaviour.
Comment 5 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2014-06-24 23:18:09 UTC 
Can someone confirm with 4.1?
Comment 6 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2014-06-25 07:02:13 UTC 
(In reply to Ariel Constenla-Haile from comment #5)
> Can someone confirm with 4.1?

I can confirm it.
It is broken in other parts, not only while entering text.
Comment 7 Adam Samec 2017-02-17 20:29:33 UTC 
I can confirm this issue in 4.1.3 as well as in 3.0.0 on macOS 10.12.3. This makes OpenOffice completely unusable with VoiceOver. However, as already commented, there are more accessibility issues, e.g. the app crashes when trying to navigate in OpenOffice Preferences so I am not able to configure anything there, and some pop-up buttons, such as those in the status bar can't be opened.