Archive for May, 2009

Comparison of ARIA roles exposed via MSAA and UI Automation in IE8

May 26, 2009, filed under Assistive Technology, Internet Explorer, MSAA, NVDA, Screen Readers, UI Automation, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, accessibility testing; 5 Comments.

The Microsoft MSAA API cannot provide mapping for all ARIA roles as it does not have defined roles and properties for all those defined by The ARIA specification, the Microsoft UI Automation API can. UI automation provides exposure of all WAI-ARIA roles and properties via the ControlType and AriaRole properties.

AOL/TopCoder Accessibility Developer Competition

May 20, 2009, filed under AOL, Web Accessibility; No Comments.

AOL/TopCoder® Accessibility Developer Competition to Culminate at 2009 TopCoder Open. Winning Accessibility Application of AOL/TopCoder Sensations Developer Challenge to be Announced June 1-4, 2009 – Las Vegas, NV