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NAME="AEN451">7. Developing Accessible Applications</H1
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>It is important to consider accessibility when developing new applications for the Linux operating system.
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The American Foundation for the Blind, the GNOME Accessibility Project, IBM, Sun, and W3C have written guidelines that are excellent
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road maps for developing and testing new Linux software.
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The following Web sites provide the tools, checklists and testing information to help developers write accessible programs for
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impaired users.</P
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> provides information on creating accessible
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computer applications at:
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>http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=198</A
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>GNOME Accessibility Project </STRONG
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>has written a guide specifically for application
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development for the GNOME 2.0 desktop. More information is available at:
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>IBM Accessibility Center </STRONG
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>provides links to a software accessibility checklist,
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testing information, and the Section 508 Rehabilitation Act. This site is located at:
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>Sun Accessibility </STRONG
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>provides information on designing applications for
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accessibility at:
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>http://www.sun.com/access/developers/software.guides.html</A
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> and an Accessibility Quick Reference Guide is
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available at:
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>W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0</STRONG
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