Accessibility/MacOSX
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This is the UNO Accessibility API <-> MacOS X Accessibly project page.
Milestone Planning
| Task | Status | Milestone |
| Accessibility hierarchy including Name, Role and Description | done | M1 |
| Bounding rectangles and hit test | done | M1 |
| UI focus state and change notifications | done | M1 |
| Basic text support | done | M2 |
| Action mapping | done | M2 |
| Window attributes, orientations and boundrect notifications | done | M2 |
| Text attribute support | done | M2 |
| Tables and outline view | done | M3 |
| Slider and sheets | done | M3 |
| Complete list of supported interfaces | done | M3 |
| Performance optimizations etc. | done | M4 |
| Milestone | Due | |
| M1 | Hierarchy and focus handling | End of Nov. 07 |
| M2 | Text, text attributes and actions | Mid of Mar. 08 |
| M3 | Tables, outline view, slider and sheets | End of Apr. 08 |
| M4 | Optimizations | End of May 08 |
Change Log
2007/12/06 moved boundrect and child notifications to milestone 2 due to insufficient documentation
2008/02/04 VoiceOver needs text attributes for speaking documents, so moved to milestone 2. Child notifications seem not to be expected at all.
2008/04/08 rearranged milestones
Known Issues
Links
Overview of the MacOS X Accessibility Infrastructure, in particular “The Mac OS X Accessibility Protocol”, “Testing for Accessibility”, “Roles and Associated Attributes”.
