Accessibility and Linux
In this section you can find some (hopefully useful) resources to help you understand how you can make linux applications (both command line and graphical ones) accessible, as well as test and evaluate the accessibility of the existing ones. Assistive technologies that allow people with disabilities use linux-based operating systems will be listed as well, along with support resources to help you getting started using them.
Resources
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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/882 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2019 – On the Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services
Vincenzo Rubano·Also known as “European Accessibility Act (EAA)”, directive (EU) 2019/882 is a directive passed by the European Parliament and the Council in 2019. It aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for accessible products and services, by removing barriers created by divergent rules in Member States.
Read moreSpeakup User Guide
Vincenzo Rubano·This guide provides a lot of useful information on how to use Speakup, a linux screen reader for console-based applications. It illustrates the screen reader interface, as well as describing the features it provides and the keyboard shortcuts it supports.
Read moreAccerciser
Vincenzo Rubano·Quoting its documentation, Accerciser is an interactive Python accessibility explorer for the GNOME desktop. It uses AT-SPI2 to inspect and control widgets, allowing you to check if an application is providing correct information to assistive technologies and automated test frameworks.
Read moreAssistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI)
Vincenzo Rubano·The assistive technology service provider interface (AT-SPI) is the primary assistive technology infrastructure for the Solaris and Linux operating systems; it defines APIs and communication protocols required to make desktop applications accessible and enables assistive technologies (such as the gnome-orca screen reader to work within such applications.
Read moreGnome Orca
Vincenzo Rubano·Quoting its official documentation, gnome-orca (often called just “orca”, but pay attention not to confuse it with other things with the same name) is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop environment in a linux or solaris operating system.
Read moreLiblouis Braille Translator
Vincenzo Rubano·Named in honor of Louis Braille, Liblouis is an open-source library that provides support for braille translation and back-translation. It features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation.
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