Open Accessibility (A11y) Workgroup
Open A11y Workgroup's Mission Statement
First chartered in 2004 as the Linux Foundation Accessibility Workgroup (LFA), the Open Accessibility (A11y) Group functions today within the Linux Foundation to establish free and open standards that enable comprehensive universal access to various computing platforms, applications, and services. Open A11y makes it easier for developers, ISVs, and distributions to support assistive technologies (AT). Assistive technologies enable individuals to make full use of computer-based technology despite variability in physical or sensory abilities due to illness, aging or disability.
AT enables individuals who are blind or visually impaired to read online text, for example, and provides the means for individuals who do not have the use of their arms and hands to write and correspond. AT also enable individuals who cannot speak or hear to participate on the telephony interfaces of today -- and will support their participation on the multimodal computer interfaces of tomorrow.
- AT-SPI2 2.0.1 Available for Download (2011-04-27)
- IAccessible2 1.2.0 released under BSD License
- Linux Foundation Announces New Licensing Terms, Testing Tools for Accessibility Interfaces
- news from Open A11y
Open A11y Workgroup Resources
- Email Lists: Archives & List Services
- Meetings: Agendas & Minutes
- Specifications: Drafts & Recommendations
irc.a11y.org(on the#a11yor#ia2channel)- Open A11y Workgroup Participants
- Open A11y's Executive Officers
- Open Accessibility BZR Repository
- Open Accessibility GForge Projects
- Bugzilla
For Developers
Interested in writing cross-platform accessible applications?
- AT-SPI Interfaces and Subinterfaces
- Learn more about the IAccessible2 interfaces for Windows.
- IAccessible2, version 1.2.0
- AccProbe: The Accessibility Probe is a standaloneapplication that provides a view of the Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) or IAccessible2 hierarchy of a currently running application or rendered document and of the properties of the accessible objects of that application or document
- Get support or ask a question either on the Accessibility mailing list or via irc.a11y.org, in channels #a11y and #ia2 -- or, create your own channel and get others involved!
A11y Special Interest Groups
- ATK/AT-SPI SIG
- Expert Handlers SIG
- IAccessible2 SIG
- Input/Output (I/O) SIG
- Keyboard Accessibility SIG
Archival References & Resources
handlers/req
Requirements for Expert Handlers: Drafts Index
handlers/participants
Open A11y Expert Handlers SIG Participants
listed alphabetically, by last name
handlers/references
Expert Handlers SIG References Index
Markup Languages: References & Resources
atk/at-spi/specs/draft/adoc_atspi
Accessible Document Navigation Using AT-SPI
Please use this page to suggest improvements to and prose for the unpopulated and underpopulated sections of Accessible Document Navigation Using AT-SPI.
atk/at-spi/at-spi_best_practices
Note: The design of this page is still under consideration. Do not consider any information here a "best practice" until this note is removed.
atk/at-spi/at-spi_on_d-bus_(archival)
AT-SPI on D-Bus Wiki (archival)
Note: This is an archived snapshot of the Open Accessibility Workgroup's AT-SPI on D-Bus wiki page. The information contained here is historical, and should be considered out-of-date. The current version of the AT-SPI on D-Bus wiki page can be located at:
accessibility:press
Workgroup Chartered to Make UNIX more Accessible to People with Disabilities.
