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JS+??: Some discussion about pros/cons of web-based vs. operating systems
RS: On platform should focus on things like TTS that can't currently be done over the web but the applications will be web-based
ARIA is in first last call - ~70% done - but HTML5 integration coming up - SVG making use - used in XUL components in Firebug - Implementation Guide being produced - 2 gaps is not enough tools (so a new open source tool is being developed) and the other gap is education (getting people to understand that access is more than alt tags...but about interoperability) - HTML5 Canvas issue and potential solutions
New section needed on Language support - 100 to 200 langs in significant use
GV: Would like a major push on open source TTS
TTS on mobile: isn't open source TTS on mobile
Moblin(?)
Ubuntu Netbooks remix-basically Gnome- but app launcher is written in Clutter - not accessible
Simple apps might be more accesible in several ways
Big gaps in open desktop:
- Media:
  - PDF
- Application Tasks:
  - Email?
  - MIDI tool
  - Skype (there is open source telephony)
- ATs
  - Voice Rec
  - TTS
- Community support (friends, service orgs, training etc. recommending proprietary packages)
- Testing - to prevent regressions in access support
- Public awareness
- Policy

Operating Systems

Operating Systems	Link	Status	Comments
Linux (Ubuntu, etc.)	http://www.linux.org/ http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Accessibility	- accessibility much better than 2yrs ago - audio is generally a problem	- lots of users rely on distros to provide accessibility out of the box - but when distros regress it turns off users quickly (so responsible integration into distros is important) - proliferation of OSs can be a problem
Vinux	http://vinux.org.uk/	Active	A Customized Version of Ubuntu for Visually Impaired Users
Ubuntu Accessibility	http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/accessibility	- distro has an accessibility staff person (diff than other distros)	- "downstream" project; 6 month distro cycle
OpenSolaris	http://opensolaris.org/ http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/status/accessibility/AccessibleLiveCd/	-	-

Platform Accessibiltiy APIs

Application/AT APIs	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
IAccessible2 (Windows)	IAccessible2 Home Page	Version 1.1 is complete	Added IAccessibleTable2 and IAccessibleTableCell. This is in support of ARIA grids and treegrids and has been implemented in Firefox 3.6.
ATK/AT-SPI (Linux)	ATK v1.26.0 AT-SPI C Bindings

Notes: We should record completenes - 508 refresh is trying to get accessibility APIs to add strong access API requirement

Graphical Environments on Multiple OSs

Graphical Environments on Multiple OSs	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Gnome	http://www.gnome.org/ http://projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html	- Going fairly well - Several research efforts (eg. CORBA->Dbus - towards a Linux-wide solution;) - Speech Dispatcher work	WW: Getting to a tipping point where mainstream devs thinking more about access.
KDE	http://kde.org/

Assistive Technologies

Multi-Platform Assistive Technologies	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Dasher	http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
Virtual Magnifying Glass	http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/
WebAnywhere	http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/

Windows Assistive Technologies	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access)	http://www.nvda-project.org/
AccessAT (OS AT Bundle from abilitynet)	http://www.abilitynet.org.uk
Vu-Bar	http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/assistive.htm
Power Reader	http://www.projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=1
Word Predictor	http://www.projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=5
AccessApps (runs from memory stick)	http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/eduapps/accessapps.php
Thunder Screen Reader	http://www.screenreader.net

Linux/OpenSolaris (GNOME, Ubuntu, KDE) Assistive Technologies	Link	Comments
GNOME Onscreen Keyboard (GOK)	http://www.gok.ca/
Orca	http://live.gnome.org/Orca/
MouseTweaks	http://live.gnome.org/MouseTweaks/
MouseTrap	http://live.gnome.org//MouseTrap
VizAudio	http://2009.hfoss.org/VizAudio
GNOME Mag	http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMag	Magnifier that operates standalone and also used by Orca. Potentially replaced by work-in-progress enhancements to http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
GNOME Speech	http://live.gnome.org/Orca/GnomeSpeech	TTS wrapper used by Orca
Speech Dispatcher	http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd	Potential replacement for GNOME Speech
BrlTTY	http://mielke.cc/brltty/	Braille device driver that operates standalone and also used by Orca.
XKB/AccessX		AccessDOS-like functionality built into X Windows.
KMouseTool, KMag, KMouth	http://accessibility.kde.org/aids/

Sites that Aggregate OS ATs	Link	Comments
Oatsoft	http://www.oatsoft.org
Project Possibility	http://www.projectpossibility.org/index.php
FX Software	http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/assistive.htm
LaZee Tek	http://www.lazeetek.com/html/links.html
Fullmeasure	http://fullmeasure.co.uk/
JISC TechDis	http://www.techdis.ac.uk/getfreesoftware
Raising the Floor	http://raisingthefloor.net/projects/masterlist/	Access Feature MasterList

Web Toolkits

Web Toolkits	Link	Status	Comments
Dojo	http://www.dojotoolkit.org/	-"core" widgets enabled for low-vision and keyboard (work with high contrast mode and font changes) - work is ongoing for some DOJO extensions	JavaScript toolkit for easily building interactive Web Applications. The core widget set (found in the dijit directory) has been made keyboard, low vision and screen reader accessible via ARIA. Dojox DataGrid widget is also implemented with basic accessibility. Accessibility Statement at [http://docs.dojocampus.org/dijit-a11y-statement. ] Widget set Documentation: [http://docs.dojocampus.org/dijit/index ]
jQuery	http://jquery.com/	- approx. half of widgets have keyboard access and ARIA - Ongoing	The jQuery community is actively engaged in added ARIA and keyboard navigation support to the jQuery UI widgets. Current support includes the Progress Bar, Dialog, Slider, and Accordion widgets.
Fluid Infusion	http://fluidproject.org/products/infusion/	1.1.1	Infusion is a JavaScript application framework built from the ground up with usability and accessibility in mind. Infusion is markup-driven and highly interoperable, including support for ARIA and unobtrusive templating on client side.
YUI Yahoo!User Interface Library	http://developer.yahoo.com/yui	-3.0 beta 1 - final release should be fully accessible	-lots of underlying things besides widgets (manage focus, keyboard support, resizing) -chose not to build ARIA directly in - ARIA done with plugins - so ARIA can be turned on and off
EXTjs		- not accessible yet
ICEfaces		- not accessible yet
Woodstock		- not accessible yet
GWT (Google Web Toolkit)

Desktop Toolkits

Desktop Toolkits	Link	Status	Comments
Clutter		-not accessible
GTK+ (via ATK, AT-SPI, GAIL)	http://www.gtk.org/	-in general accessible
QT (KDE version of GTK+)		- waiting on CORBA>Dbus
XUL	https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL	-has some bugs open - but generally OK	- like DOJO for the desktop - ORCA has regression tests
Java	http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/accessbridge/index.jsp http://live.gnome.org/Java%20Access%20Bridge http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility/JavaATKWrapper	- Java Access API not updated for some time - Java>Gnome bridge is being rewritten - Java>Windows is fairly old - AEGIS research effort to see what would be required in a replacement - Java>MacOS bridge - no status report - Java>Oracle SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) - another java toolkit -pretty accessible
AXSJAX	http://code.google.com/p/google-axsjax/		leverages AJAX techniques to inject accessibility support into Web 2.0 applications
UNO Widget set		- supported on Gnome - Mac (in progress) - some Win support	-used by OpenOffice
AXS?

General accessibility libraries

Libraries	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
eSpeak	http://espeak.sourceforge.net/	- ongoing, some dev.	- Cross-platform TTS library used by assistive technologies on Windows and UNIX and GNU/Linux systems - small, fast, support several languages - forment (sp?) engine - hard to get support to do the work of adding languages - WIN and MacOS has more built-in TTS	- languages missing (Arabic, etc.) - for speech disabilies (and some cognitive impairments) concatenative engines often work better. - mainstream vendors have moved to concatenative over forment
Festival			- TTS
Flight(sp?)			- TTS
Liblouis	http://code.google.com/p/liblouis/	-	- text>contracted Braille in mamny languages - most used Braille translation library - used in ORCA, NVDA - Braille important for blind literacy worldwide and deaf-blind
Sphinx		-Sphinx3 in C -Sphinx4 in Java	- Speech-to-text	- lacking integration with desktop (command+control)
Voice Gestures	http://sourceforge.net/projects/voicegestures/	- alpha (inactive)	Discrete speech to text engine	- requires training - not production-ready
Aibicom	http://komodoopenlab.com/use/aibicom/	- released	- Single-switch control library - can be used to enable gaming, drawing, virtual object manipulation

Accessibility Testing Tools

Web Accessibility Test Tools	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Firebug Add-On	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
Firebug Add-On with ARIA support	http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Repository_Tools#Firebug%20Accessibility
AChecker	http://www.atutor.ca/achecker/	- new PHP ver. is open source - monitoring module coming	- incl. check authoring tool, guideline authoring tool	- multimedia checks, lang. use checks
WAVE Firefox extension	http://wave.webaim.org
Open Ajax Alliance Accessibility Tools Task Force Rules and Best Practices	http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/Accessibility a Code repository is coming
Speclenium	http://monotonous.org/specular/		- tests browsers for ARIA implementation
Webaim WAVE Toolbar	http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar	- for FF
Firefox Accessibility Extension		- for FF

Built-in Accessibility Test Tools	Link	Comments
Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF) for Eclipse	http://www.eclipse.org/actf/
Net beans work (PK?)
A-Designer (RS?)		-for ODF?

Platform Accessibility Test Tools	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
AccProbe	http://www.eclipse.org/actf/downloads/tools/accprobe/	0.4.4 is now available with support for IAccessibleTable2 and IAccessibleTableCell
Accerciser	http://live.gnome.org/Accerciser

Accessibility Test Rules (mentionned by RS)

Accessible Content Authoring Support

Accessible Content Authoring Support	Link	Status	Comments
CapScribe	http://www.capscribe.ca/		- for captions and audio descriptions
Dots	http://git.gnome.org/cgit/dots	- proof of concept
Liblouis	http://code.google.com/p/liblouis/
TinyMCE			- javascript plugin - implements some of ATAG2
OpenOffice
Magpie

Desktop File Formats

Desktop Document Formats	Link	Comments	Gaps
ODF	OASIS ODF Public Site
OOXML		- improvements made in standardization process -	- still some gaps (e.g., nav order in slides, contains links with some semi-proprietary standards (e.g. clipboard))
PDF

Desktop Applications

Productivity Software	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
OpenOffice.org	http://www.openoffice.org/ http://openoffice.org/access	Work is ongoing and accelerating	OOo's supports AT. Good AT support on GNOME and MAC OSX. Windows AT support not sufficient, plan is to support IA2 in the future.

Browsers	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Firefox	http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ http://www.accessfirefox.org/

E-Mail	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Evolution	http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/
Thunderbird	http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Readers	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps

Instant Messaging Clients	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Pidgin	http://www.pidgin.im/

Web Applications

Web Applications	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
Sakai	http://sakaiproject.org/
Moodle	http://moodle.org/
ATutor	http://www.atutor.ca/
uPortal	http://www.jasig.org/uportal
OpenCast	http://www.opencastproject.org/

Mobile Accessibility

Accessible Gaming

Accessible Gaming	Link	Status	Comments	Gaps
e-Bility	http://www.e-bility.com/links/games.php
ORB	http://www.projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=7
Orbit	http://www.projectpossibility.org/viewProject.php?id=8

Hardware Devices

Research-Level Work

Evaluation, evidence and research

Documentation

Education and Outreach

Education and Outreach	Link	Status	Comments
2006 Marco Fioretti posting	http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/52819
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Master of Accessibility and Interoperability of ISS Program	http://www.technosite.es/masterUOC/index.html

Help, Service and Support

Funding

Funding	Link	Status	Comments
SARAI FLOSS Fellowships	http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/floss

Other Resources

Resources	Link	Status	Comments
UNESCO Free & Open Source Software Portal	http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/portals/foss/page.cgi?d=1
Planet-Accessibility Blog Feeds	http://www.planet-a11y.net
OSS Watch team blog - Accessibility Category	http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/category/accessibility/
Project Possibility on Google Code	http://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=projects%40projectpossibility&filter=0&start=10
AbilityNet	http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/
AEGIS Project	http://www.aegis-project.eu/
Raising the Floor	http://raisingthefloor.net/