Is the GNOME 2.0 Desktop accessible?
GNOME 2.0 includes many features for the benefit of users with disabilities: • Extensive keyboard navigation support, allowing virtually all of the desktop to be used without the need for a mouse • AccessX support, allowing control over how keyboard data may be entered (supports Mouse Keys, Slow Keys, Bounce Keys, Sticky Keys, Toggle and Repeat Keys) • Themes to support users who have certain types of vision problems (High Contrast, High Contrast Inverse, High Contrast Large Print, High Contrast Large Print Inverse, Large Print, Low Contrast, Low Contrast Large Print) • Integrated accessibility architecture, allowing developers to more easily create and integrate accessible applications and assistive technologies (AT). Sun expects to deliver additional accessibility support in the next few months by providing the following assistive technologies: onscreen keyboard, screen magnifier, and screen reader. Note: Most of the applications provided with GNOME are expected to work with GNOME as
