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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Jun 3, 2009 1:00PM

Hi!

I have received some questions about the equivalent of MSAA for the
Linux platform. It looks like AT-SPI
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_Technology_Service_Provider_Interface)
is the equivalent, but I can't find information on how it has been
implemented in Linux distributions. A statement from 2005
(http://accessibility.freestandards.org/a11yweb/forms/soi.php)
indicates that it had some momentum.

Anybody on this list who knows more? Is AT-SPI mature and are
developers using it when creating desktop applications?

Regards,

Peter Krantz
http://www.standards-schmandards.com