Modernizing Accessibility for Desktop Linux – Matt Campbell, GNOME Foundation

May 26, 2024

The desktop Linux ecosystem has changed dramatically since accessibility was first implemented in GNOME over 20 years ago, and even since the accessibility stack was migrated to D-Bus roughly 15 years ago. Most notably, the transition from X11 to Wayland is gathering momentum, and application sandboxing has become a practical necessity. This talk will describe how the GNOME Foundation is leading an effort to design and prototype a new accessibility architecture that not only addresses these gaps in the existing design, but also pushes the state of the art in accessibility, even compared to proprietary platforms.

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