From The Linux Foundation
IAccessible2
IAccessible2 is a new accessibility API which complements Microsoft's earlier work on MSAA. This API fills critical accessibility API gaps in the MSAA offering. IAccessible2 was created out of necessity to produce a usable and accessible OpenDocument Format (ODF) based office suite for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IAccessible2 is an engineered accessibility interface allowing application developers to leverage their investment in MSAA while also providing an Assistive Technology (AT) access to rich document applications such as the IBM Workplace productivity editors and web browsers such as Firefox. The additional functionality includes support for rich text, tables, spreadsheets, Web 2.0 applications, and other large mainstream applications.
Project Resources
- Overview of IAccessible2
- Interfaces Specification version 1.0.2
- IDL files - version 1.0.2
- Draft Text Attributes Specification (Note 1)
- Draft Object Attributes Specification (Note 1)
- IAccessible2 Proxy DLL (Note 2)
- Meetings
- Documents and Presentations
- BZR Repository (Note 3)
- Bugzilla
- IRC (#a11y channel)
- Directory of Software
IAccessible2 Project Resource Notes:
- This document is ready for review. Do not implement until the review is complete.
- The related files for building the proxy DLL are not yet published on the IA2 site. Until the files can be published they are available in bug 110.
- BZR currently contains what was originally submitted to the Free Standards Group. Until the frozen 1.0.1 files from March 26, 2007 can be published in BZR they are available in bug 111.