I don't believe msaa is held in very high regard on gnome and kde. In fact, MS is abandoning it with Longhorn. Laura Eaves writes: > Hi -- thanks for the link -- I'll take a look -- but as for MSAA, the > library implementation is proprietary to Microsoft, but the interface is > not -- in fact the library is available for use in any windows app, whether > developed on linux or whatever. In fact I have heard firefox is using it > for its windows implementation. I guess what I was wondering is if the same > or at least similar object library interface might be appropriate for use > cross platform. Of course the underlying implementation would be different, > but the information passed to a screen reader -- say to recognize text boxes > and navigate controls on a GUI -- would be enough the same that the MSAA > interface could be used. > But now that I think of it, Microsoft I hear is going another direction with > respect to accessibility, so that MSAA may become obsolete for windows in a > a year or two. Ah the joys of competition... Perhaps they are thinking of > grabbing business away from the screen reader companies??? they deny it but > if they are removing MSAA I assume there is a reason. > Take care. > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: An Accessible Adobe Reader for Linux > > > To learn about the "hooks," as you call them, consult the developer > pages at: > > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/ > > Laura Eaves writes: > > Well, on windows, acrobat7 is actually the release that makes pdf > > accessible -- if you have jaws6 that is. but it is interesting that a > > similar update is being created for linux. > > I'm not familiar with gnopernicus, but does anyone know what hooks are > > used > > there to make an app accessible? on windows it is MSAA. > > Or is the interface the same as MSAA? > > > Definitely not MSAA. <shudder> > > > After all, that's Microsoft's proprietary property, right? Not open > source nor a free license at all. > > > Just curious. > > --le > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
