[Accessibility] Mentioning Open a11y in an article

Steve Lee steve at fullmeasure.co.uk
Tue Oct 30 08:05:43 PDT 2007


Thanks Janina, how does

and the "KDE" Linux desktop community is working towards a level of
interoperability

sit?

On 30/10/2007, Janina Sajka <janina at a11y.org> wrote:
> Dear Steve:
>
> Thank you for sharing your article with us. I do think we can arrange to
> host--or point to it from our web space. I'm sure the Linux Foundation's
> PR office will also want to know about it. I will take care of that.
>
> I would be happy to spend some time in today's meeting to help clarify
> any points that need clarification. For myself I see only one item in
> what you write below that might need rewording. With respect to KDE I
> think it might be best to point to their public statements in support of
> the AT-SPI mechanism and avoid any suggestion of how that support is to
> be achieved architecturally, as the how is an active issue at the
> moment. Perhaps a good document to point to is on our home page at:
>
> http://accessibility.freestandards.org/a11yweb/forms/soi.php
>
> Janina
>
> Steve Lee writes:
> > Hi, I'm writing an article for the new Python magazine,
> > http://pythonmagazine.com/, that introduces Linux/Solaris
> > accessibility and how python is playing apart. So it introduce the
> > a11y concepts, AT-SPI, pyatspi python AT (Orca, and mentions NVDA) and
> > GAIL and then gives a brief tour of accerciser. I add a simple code
> > example of pyatspi as well.
> >
> > My idea was to strike while the new mag is hot and promote a11y
> > showing how easy it is to test an application's a11y with accerciser.
> > A follow up could look at using ATK in applciations.
> >
> > I also mention iA2 and Open a11y get a mention in the mast head.
> >
> > They have granted my a 60 day release on the article so It could live
> > at open a11y if that is felt to be a good place for it (e.g it is not
> > too AT-API specific).
> >
> > So I think I have room to beef up the open a11y bit and wonder if
> > there is any standard blurb that I could cannibalize?
> >
> > So far I have:
> >
> > "This accessibility is built on infrastructure called Assistive
> > Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI) that connects
> > applications and Assistive Technologies. It is available on the Linux
> > GNOME desktop and used by bundled Assistive Technology programs along
> > with applications that use the GTK+ toolkit. Solaris has support as do
> > programs created with the Java Swing toolkit are accessible and the
> > "KDE" Linux desktop is adopting and reproducing the infrastructure. On
> > Windows a new Open Standard "IAccessible2" extends the basic platform
> > accessibility (MSAA) to have the rich semantics of AT-SPI. Mozilla
> > supports. Cross platform applications including Mozilla and Open
> > Office are accessible through AT-SPI and IAccessible2 on these
> > platforms.
> >
> > AT-SPI and IAccessible2 are managed by the Open Accessibility Group
> > who are ensuring they stay open and useful for as many parties and on
> > as many platforms as possible. They seek participation from all
> > interested parties and provide resources on their website and
> > community through mailing lists and teleconferences. "
> >
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