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) [1]
- IAccessible2 1.2.0 released under BSD License [2]
- Linux Foundation Announces New Licensing Terms, Testing Tools for Accessibility Interfaces [3]
- news from Open A11y [5]
Open A11y Workgroup Resources
- Email Lists: Archives & List Services [6]
- Meetings: Agendas & Minutes [7]
- Specifications: Drafts & Recommendations [8]
irc.a11y.org(on the#a11yor#ia2channel) [9]- Open A11y Workgroup Participants [10]
- Open A11y's Executive Officers [11]
- Open Accessibility BZR Repository [12]
- Open Accessibility GForge Projects [13]
- Bugzilla [14]
For Developers
Interested in writing cross-platform accessible applications?
- AT-SPI Interfaces [15] and Subinterfaces
- Learn more about the IAccessible2 interfaces for Windows [21].
- IAccessible2, version 1.2.0 [2]
- AccProbe: The Accessibility Probe [4] 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 [6] or via irc.a11y.org [22], in channels #a11y and #ia2 -- or, create your own channel and get others involved!
A11y Special Interest Groups
- ATK/AT-SPI SIG [23]
- Expert Handlers SIG [25]
- IAccessible2 SIG [21]
- Input/Output (I/O) SIG [30]
- Keyboard Accessibility SIG [32]
Archival References & Resources
iaccessible2/comproxydll [38]
IAccessible2 COM proxy stub DLL
We have provided an IAccessible2 COM proxy stub DLL, IAccessible2Proxy.DLL as well as the files necessary for building it from the IAccessible2 IDL file. The proxy DLL is needed so the default marshaler has a description of the IAccessible2 interfaces.
- Read more [38]
iaccessible2/draftpages/csun2008/draft1 [44]
IAccessible2 Development: An Accessibility API that Works for Assistive Technologies and Applications
- Richard Schwerdtfeger, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
- Pete Brunet, Senior Software Engineer,IBM
- Andres Gonzalez, Senior Computer Scientist,Adobe
- (others to be announced)
- Read more [44]
iaccessible2/buildinfo [45]
After you check the IA2 project files out using BZR, this file can be used to understand how to build the IA2 docs, a merged IDL file, and a zip file containing the docs and IDL files.
- Read more [45]
kbd/specs/kafs1/comments [47]
Comments and Reviews of
Keyboard Access Functional Specification, 1.0 [19]
- Read more [47]
accessibility_workgroup_meeting [52]
Linux Accessibility Workgroup
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
Leader: Janina Sajka
Attendees:
Purpose:
| Noon - 1:30pm | Lunch:
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- Read more [52]
kbd/specs/kafsgta1/comments [57]
Comments and Reviews of
General Test Assertions for
Keyboard Access Functionality, 1.0 (KAFS GTA) [58]
- Read more [57]
Accessibility [59]
- Read more [59]
Participants [72]
Participants are listed alphabetically, by last name
List information last updated 10 August 2010