If they elect to use a graphical user interface, they are similarly free to choose from a wide variety of window managers, utilities that provide windowing services for applications. Allow users to customize system screen display size, foreground and background colors, focus colors and selection colors to their needs. Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color. Implement a high-contrast option without requiring the user to alter a document or run specially designed software. There's a strong need here for keyboard shortcut standards that are uniformly applied and utilized at both the desktop environment and application levels.
Consistency is an important element of software accessibility.
Provide notification of the keyboard focus location in a way that is not too subtle for people with limited vision. Provide textual summaries for graphs and charts. Get Involved You can help. First, visit the Accessible Linux Homepage . Housed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, this student project developed features akin to Microsoft's Accessibility Options to the XFree86 version of the X Window System.