GNOME Accessibility Around the World

• GNOME Accessibility in Spain. A11Y-Love: We need someone (Javier and ONCE?) to help write a case study of the influence that GNOME A11y has had on the decisions made in Andalucia/Spain with respect to the graphical desktop choice.

• GNOME Accessibility in India. A11Y-Love: We need someone (Krishnakant Mane) to help write a case study of the influence that GNOME A11y has had on the decisions made in India with respect to the graphical desktop choice.

• A11Y-Love: We need testimonials from various users on how GNOME A11y has made a difference in their life as well as their ability to be productive in their jobs.

Supporters/Collaborators

• The Open Accessibility Group of the Linux Foundation serves as a wonderful place for collaboration between a number of different accessibility efforts (e.g., GNOME and KDE).

• OpenOffice.org supports GNOME Accessibility

• The Mozilla Foundation supports GNOME Accessibility

  • AT-SPI Integration

  • Pyatspi integration into Orca

  • AJAX/ARIA support in Orca

  • AT-SPI on DBus Feasibility Study

• Java Access Bridge for GNOME

• Orca's page

• OLPC?

• OpenMoko?

• KDE

• Sun Microsystems

• Ubuntu

2002 Helen Keller Achievement Award

The GNOME Accessibility Project has been cited prominently by the American Foundation for the Blind when it awarded the 2002 Helen Keller Achievement Award to Sun Microsystems, Inc. This is the first time that this prestigious award has ever been conferred on an organization for innovation in accessibility for computer desktops. Sun's Pat Sueltz accepted the award on behalf of Sun and the GNOME community, citing the many contributions of other institutions and individuals as reasons for the project's progress to date.

"The Helen Keller Achievement Awards were established to acknowledge Miss Keller's extraordinary efforts, and to promote the notable accomplishments of individuals and corporations who are role models or who improve the quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired," said Carl R. Augusto, president and CEO, American Foundation for the Blind. "Sun Microsystems has a history of driving improvements for the disability community by producing innovative technology and platforms that support the development and delivery of solutions to help meet every person's needs."

2001 American Foundation for the Blind Access Award

The ATK (Accessibility ToolKit) used in GNOME was designed at Sun Microsystems and is based on the Java Accessibility API. The Java API won the 2001 Access Award

"Sun Microsystems for making accessibility an integral part of the Java platform. The Java Accessibility API software interface allows assistive technologies to communicate with programs written in the JAVA programming language. This company guides its efforts by its Universal Design philosophy—addressing the accessibility needs of all people in the workplace."