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Engineering Software for Accessibility

by Microsoft Corporation

June 2009

Intermediate to advanced

100 pages

2h 27m

English

Microsoft Press

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Who Should Read This BookWhat This Book CoversThe BasicsProgrammatic AccessKeyboard AccessRespect Your UserVisual UI Design SettingsHigh Contrast SettingSystem Font SettingsHigh DPI ResolutionsColor Contrast RatioColor CombinationsHow Accessibility Fits into the Development CycleRequirements StageDesign StageImplementation StageVerification StageRelease StageReady, Set, Go!Support for This BookQuestions and CommentsReferences
Providers and ClientsProvidersClientsMain ComponentsAutomation ElementsThe UIA TreeControl PatternsControl TypesPropertiesEventsCustom Control Patterns, Properties, and EventsPlanning Your Hierarchy
The Logical HierarchyMapping BasicsElements and ControlsNaming ElementsContainersElement Relationships and NavigationStandard Mapping Scheme: Top to Bottom, Left to RightGetting StartedHow to Do ItExample: Employee TimecardNavigational OrderMapping the First Element: WindowStandard Controls: First Three, Top-Level ChildrenCustom Control: GridContainer: Data Entry Group BoxUsing the Logical Hierarchy for Planning Accessibility SettingsKeyboard NavigationGraphics: Decorative vs. ContextualComplex User InterfacesDesigning Element Functionality
Product Example Continued: Employee TimecardPrep Work: Creating the Implementation TableProcess A: Control Maps to a UIA Control TypeStep 1: Gathering Required Control PatternsStep 2: Gathering Required Control Type Properties2a. Required Automation Element Properties2b. Required Control Pattern PropertiesStep 3: Gathering Requirements for Additional Control FunctionalityProcess B: Control Does Not Map to a UIA Control TypeMethods and EventsFramework-Dependent DecisionsImplementing Your Native UIA SolutionRounding Up Native Solutions
Accessibility Testing and Test AutomationToolsInvestigation ToolsUIA Verify Test Automation FrameworkKeyboardUsers and AT DevicesDeliveryConclusion: 7 Steps to a Better Computing WorldReferences
Microsoft Active Accessibility and UI Automation ComparedArchitecture and InteroperabilityMicrosoft Active Accessibility ArchitectureUI Automation ArchitectureInteroperability Between Microsoft Active Accessibility-Based Applications and UI Automation-Based ApplicationsLimitations of Microsoft Active AccessibilityUI Automation SpecificationUI Automation ElementsUI Automation TreeUI Automation PropertiesUI Automation Control PatternsUI Automation Control TypesUI Automation EventsThe IAccessibleEx InterfaceChoosing Microsoft Active Accessibility, UI Automation, or IAccessibleEx
UI Automation ComponentsUI Automation Header FilesUI Automation ModelUI Automation Providers

Overview

Get Microsoft design guidelines for developing accessible Web sites and software. By mapping out your accessible tree and planning for implementation at the specification level, you’ll learn to create products that work with assistive technologies.