Meet the authors IBM DeveloperToolbox by Hypatia Rojas, Sanaa Abdelhadi, Jack Alford, and Linda St. Clair Accessibility removes the barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in social, professional, and practical life activities. Also, as computer users age, they develop such disabilities as vision or hearing loss.
Computer users expect hardware, software, and product information to be accessible to everyone.
That expectation is backed by federal legislation and standards. The Federal Rehabilitation Act bars the federal government from purchasing information technology that is not fully accessible. In addition, the FCC Telecommunication Act has issued final guidelines for accessibility of telecommunications equipment, ensuring that the equipment is designed, developed, and fabricated to be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. This article discusses how you can make your AIX system more accessible for your end users and how you can develop an accessible application for the AIX environment. Using X Keyboard Extensions to increase accessibility X Keyboard Extensions, when enabled, support standard keyboard accessibility functions for the X Window environment and applications.