MS is public with the Excel file format and it is very clean and easy to work with so extending a program that reads older Excel files shouldn't be too hard. No, I'm not volunteering. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:37 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: excel files? Regretably, it appears not to work with newer xls files. Buddy Brannan writes: > Try xlhtml ... it's about the closest thing I've found, anyway. > > I know it's a Debian package--probably for other distros, too. > > If all else fails, check freshmeat. > -- > Protect Your Family From Disease > Learn about Glyconutrients, a discovery that helps your body protect, > defend, and restore itself by enhancing cell communication. It's not > disease orsymptom specific. > > MIT says," This is 1 of 10 discoveries that will change the world." > http://www.theoptimalhealthsolution.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup