Description: Using Windows 11 Narrator, I was not able to use Libre Office. When I pressed enter on the desktop icon, I couldn't put focus on items like Writer, Calc, etc: Narrator didn't "see" anything. Then I switched screen readers (to NVDA) to open Writer, and using Narrator again, I received no spoken feedback while typing, when using Narrator reading commands, or when trying to access the menus via the alt key. In other words, Libre Office is completely unusable with Narrator. Please improve accessibility for blind users by making Libre Office work with MS Narrator. Steps to Reproduce: 1. In Windows, start Narrator with ctrl+windows+enter. 2. Open Libre Office. 3. Try using Libre Office with Narrator commands. Actual Results: Screen reader is unable to focus on items in initial screen/menu so no useful spoken feedback is provided. Within the individual apps, no spoken feedback is provided for text/data entry and readback, and focus issue appears to persist in menus. Expected Results: I expect to hear menu content as I navigate. I epxect to interact with menus and menu items. I expect to hear text/data during and after entry. In other words, I expect to use Libre Office with Narrator as I do with other screen readers, like NVDA. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: It should be usable by a totally blind person using MS Narrator.
Have you enabled Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Accessibility?
LibreOffice provides no assistive technology support for Microsoft's UI Automation framework. And MS has chosen to not support IAccessible2 in Narator, just spotty support for legacy MSAA. LibreOffice fully instruments IAccessible2 API calls on Windows, which NVDA parses as "accessible events" reasonably well. JAWS a bit less so. For other supported os/DE LibreOffice's cross platform assistive technology support uses NS Accessibility and ATK/AT-SPI on macOS and Linux respective. Situation on Windows os/DE will not change, as UI Automation framework is not compatible with LibreOffices assistive technology. Simply put just use NVDA for reasonable AT experience with LibreOffice.
Comment 2 describes the situation well. It's not completely impossible for LO to one day support UIA, but the clear focus for Windows is currently IAccessible2, so using a screen reader that supports that is currently the only option to get a good experience with LibreOffice.