Bug 99261 - Calc: Comment not supported with screen reader
Summary: Calc: Comment not supported with screen reader
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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5.0.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: accessibility
: 102058 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: Calc-Comments a11y, Accessibility
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Reported: 2016-04-13 06:56 UTC by Aleksander Pavkovic
Modified: 2021-10-14 08:17 UTC (History)
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Description Aleksander Pavkovic 2016-04-13 06:56:33 UTC 
Using screen readers JAWS or NVDA, it is not possible to read/edit comments, neither is there supportt/appropriate speech or braille output while inserting a new comment. (Tested with Writer and Calc.)
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2016-04-26 09:56:39 UTC 
Confirmed with NVDA.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.2.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: d848960a3e77a8608a48f3ba394928c955f1e2d9
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2016-04-25_06:03:51
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 2 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-09-11 00:34:26 UTC 
Bug 92389 covers read/edit comments in writer, so lets leave this one for calc.

In calc, i didnt have any problems adding or editing comments with NVDA or Orca using the context menu, so please provide exact details for the issue in calc.

Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: f7513f0f53f2d074c08610a68fb787bb379c31d4
CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Linux 3.19; UI Render: default; 
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2016-09-02_23:58:05
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group
Comment 3 Jean-Philippe MENGUAL 2016-09-11 09:20:12 UTC 
In Calc with Orca on Linux (LO 5.2 here):
1. Insert -> Comment: you can edit comment
2. But you cannot go out of the area easily. I didn't find any solution to go out the edition area without mouse.
3. Place the caret/focus on the commented cell.
4. No mention appears saying that the cell has a comment.
5. If you know a comment is present, contextual menu has a Display comment.
6. But this doesn't expose anything to screen reader.
7. The only way to read is to choose, in context menu, Edit the comment. It works but you back to the problem in 2.

Note that 5 and 6 are not available in Writer, hence reading comments is absolutely impossible.

Regards,
Comment 4 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-09-11 11:00:27 UTC 
(In reply to Jean-Philippe MENGUAL from comment #3)
> 2. But you cannot go out of the area easily. I didn't find any solution to
> go out the edition area without mouse.

Pressing escape exits editing a comment.

> 4. No mention appears saying that the cell has a comment.

This is a separate issue and would require a different bug report.

> 5. If you know a comment is present, contextual menu has a Display comment.

Yes context menu has edit, delete and show comment entries.
Comment 5 Timur 2021-01-20 08:24:36 UTC 
*** Bug 102058 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Michael Weghorn 2021-10-14 08:17:08 UTC 
Corresponding issue in NVDA issue tracker: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/6896