ISO/IEC TR 13066-3:2012

Information technology — Interoperability with assistive technology (AT) — Part 3: IAccessible2 accessibility application programming interface (API) ISO/IEC TR 13066-3:2012

Publication date:   Sep 7, 2012

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90.93   Standard confirmed   Jul 28, 2017

ISO/IEC

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces

Technical Report

11.180.99   Other standards related to aids for disabled and handicapped people | 35.180   IT Terminal and other peripheral equipment

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ISO/IEC TR 13066:2012 provides an overview to the structure and terminology of the IAccessible2 accessibility API.
It provides:

a description of the overall architecture and terminology of the API;
further introductory explanations regarding the content and use of the API beyond those found in Annex A of ISO/IEC 13066-1;
an overview of the main properties, including:

of user interface elements,
of how to get and set focus,
of communication mechanisms in the API;


a discussion of design considerations for the API (e.g. pointers to external sources of information on accessibility guidance related to using the API);
information on extending the API (and where this is appropriate);
an introduction to the programming interface of the API (including pointers to external sources of information).

It provides this information as an introduction to the IAccessible2 API to assist:

IT system level developers who create custom controls and/or interface to them;
AT developers involved in programming "hardware to software" and "software to software" interactions.

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ISO/IEC TR 13066-3:2012
90.93 Standard confirmed
Jul 28, 2017




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