Description: I switched back to the Intel version of LO on my 2020 MacBook Air M1 because the Apple silicon version hangs too frequently. MacOS' dictation commands seem to work ok with LO Writer, but are very limited. I enabled Voice Control in the Accessibility settings because this has a much larger set of controls. When I did this LO Writer hangs (Not responding). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable macOS' Voice Control in the Accessibility Settings 2. Bring up a new LO Writer document. 3. Try dictating some text. Actual Results: Beachball. i.e. LO Writer hangs and doesn't respond Expected Results: Should work well Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: macOS version 12.3.1
I just tested this with MS Word and it works ok there.
Unfortunately, LO on macOS is not "accessible-tool friendly". Using any sort of accessibility tool on macOS with LO is pretty much guaranteed to make it crash and/or freeze. The reason is that most of the LO accessibility code is using deprecated Apple APIs and there simply aren't the developers to keep on top of the changes, or even rewrite the parts of the code to match current Apple accessibility API requirements. Confirming with Version: 7.3.1.3 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a69ca51ded25f3eefd52d7bf9a5fad8c90b87951 CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 12.2.1; UI render: default; VCL: osx Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR Calc: threaded
It hangs for me with aarch64 M1 version too, requiring a forced kill..
Pretty certain this is a DUP, just can't find it right now.
I can now dictate using VoiceOver, with no crashing, when using: 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