Microsoft has opened up its usability specifications, the User Interface Automation, to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance, 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 standards, which were released with Windows 95. The new standards operate as a bridging technology for the previous standards, which creates backward compatibility for current screen readers.
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Microsoft Shares Secrets to Help Disabled Access Technology
Posted by: Brad King January 21, 2008 11:00 AMMicrosoft has opened up its usability specifications, the User Interface Automation, to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance, 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 standards, which were released with Windows 95. The new standards operate as a bridging technology for the previous standards, which creates backward compatibility for current screen readers.