Overview
IBM Lotus' Symphony "number one" is an open office productivity suite that lets you compose documents, create presentations and build spreadsheets. The software is intuitive, easy to use and best of all, provided at no charge.
Lotus Symphony boasts some accessibility features too — including support for screen readers and keyboard shortcuts that are both systematic and useful. But, what about the files produced using this smart, new, economical, office software? Will they be accessible to people who have varying disabilities?
The answer is: "of course." Just follow the steps outlined in the paper "Utilizing Lotus Symphony to Create Open and Accessible Documents." (886KB, PDF)
The paper presents the background and accessibility design of Symphony, then provides strategies and techniques for creating accessible content. Finally, it explains strategies for verifying that content created with Symphony is accessible.