Microsoft Shares Secrets to Help Disabled Access Technology

Thought some on this list might find this interesting. If you want to
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http://blogs.extremeneedz.com/?p=8

Microsoft Shares Secrets to Help Disabled Access Technology
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Posted by Amit on January 27th, 2008 in 0 Day News
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Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>  (Nasdaq: MSFT) opened up its
usability specifications, the User Interface Automation (UIA), to the
Accessibility Interoperability Alliance (AIA), a group formed to develop
standards for making user interfaces more accessible to people with
disabilities.
The 2,600-page specification document, which was released royalty-free,
marks the first significant upgrade to the Microsoft Active
Accessibility (MSAA) standards, which were released with Windows 95.
The new standards operate as both a bridging technology for the previous
standards, which creates backward compatibility for current screen
readers and other devices, and forward-looking technology that attempts
to create a universal standard for the Linux, Solaris, Apple and
Microsoft operating systems.

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