Bug 150401

Summary:	Can't dictate into a comment on macOS
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Michael Warner <michael.warner.ut+libreoffice>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	lo, peter.roed
Priority:	medium	Keywords:	accessibility
Version:	7.4.0.0 beta1+
Hardware:	All
OS:	macOS (All)
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149605 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152618 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135468 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148895 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152420
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Bug Blocks:	55571

Description Michael Warner 2022-08-13 19:21:11 UTC

Description:
When entering a comment into a Writer document, I cannot use macOS native dictation. Dictation works when entering into the document itself. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer document
2. Select Insert->Comment
3. Press dictation key (has the microphone symbol)

Actual Results:
Nothing happens

Expected Results:
Microphone symbol should appear on the screen and anything I say using my voice should be entered in the comment as text.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
I am using a MacBook Pro M1 

Version: 7.4.0.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1512ce97d7ed39dce3121f7e15651fd8895f950e
CPU threads: 10; OS: Mac OS X 12.5; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Comment 1 steve 2022-08-17 09:28:11 UTC

Confirmed → NEW

Comment 2 Alex Thurgood 2022-08-24 14:58:42 UTC

I'm more surprised that it doesn't actually cause a crash when you call up the Insert > Comment function - some of us should be thankful for small mercies, I guess.

When I try dicating using VoiceOver into a Writer document, I get a systematic crash EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) after about 10 words, using:


Version: 7.4.0.1 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 43e5fcfbbadd18fccee5a6f42ddd533e40151bcf
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 12.5; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

I can confirm, however, that inserting a comment when VoiceOver is activated deactivates VoiceOver, and that it is impossible to switch on VoiceOver when the cursor is located in the Comment box.

Comment 3 Alex Thurgood 2022-12-22 09:21:21 UTC

@Michael : this is no longer reproducible for me with

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ad387d5b984c6666906505d25685065f710ed55d
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 13.0.1; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

I can now dictate in the main document window and the comment window without a crash. As far as I'm concerned, this is WFM.

Comment 4 Telesto 2022-12-22 10:31:11 UTC

*** Bug 148504 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***