ATK 2.0.1 released

[news 28]

 

About ATK

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GNOME provides support for accessibility devices using the ATK

framework. This framework defines a set of interfaces to which

graphical interface components adhere. This allows, for instance,

screen readers to read the text of an interface and interact with its

controls. ATK support is built into GTK+ and the rest of the GNOME

platform, so any application using GTK+ will have reasonable

accessibility support for free.

 

Nonetheless, you should be aware of accessibility issues when when

developing your applications. Although GTK+ interfaces provide

reasonable accessibility by default, you can often improve how well

your program behaves with accessibility tools by providing additional

information to ATK. If you develop custom widgets, you should ensure

that they expose their properties to ATK. You should also avoid using

sound, graphics, or color as the sole means of conveying information

to the user.

 

The GNOME desktop ships with a number of accessibility tools which

enable users with disabilities to take full advantage of their desktop

and applications. Applications that fully implement ATK will be able

to work with the accessibility tools. GNOME's accessibility tools

include a screen reader, a screen magnifier, an on-screen keyboard,

and Dasher, an innovative predictive text entry tool.

 

 

News

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* Bug 652205: Use const instead G_CONST_RETURN

* Bug 649307: Clarify AtkPlug and AtkSocket docs

* Bug 551489: Fix doc of atk_text_get_text_before_offset

* Bug 588083: Information about return value of some AtkText methods

can be clearer

* Added Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias as maintainer

* Updated .gitignore

* VS 2008/2010 support update

* New Zulu translation added, Esperanto and Catalan updated

 

 

Contributors:

 

Javier Jardón, Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias, Li Yuan, Mike Gorse,

Alejandro Leiva, Chun-wei Fan

 

Translations:

 

Jordi Serratosa [cat], Kristjan SCHMIDT [eo], Friedel Wolff [zu],

Priscilla Mahlangu [zu]

 

Download

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http://download.gnome.org/sources/atk/2.0/atk-2.0.1.news (452)

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http://download.gnome.org/sources/atk/2.0/atk-2.0.1.tar.bz2 (717K)

sha256sum:

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http://download.gnome.org/sources/atk/2.0/atk-2.0.1.tar.xz (573K)

sha256sum:

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