Speaker
Federico Mena Quintero
Description
How does one go about writing an application that is usable from the various assistive technologies that GNOME supports? How do you make your application usable from a screen reader?
In this talk, we will learn the basics of making an application accessible, starting from how the "accessibility tree" is a tenuous concept, different but related to the "widget tree". We will look at GTK4's minimal API for annotating accessibility properties on custom widgets, and talk a bit about future work in this area.
| Tracks | Application Development and Deployment |
|---|---|
| Talk Description | This is a somewhat technical talk for developers of GTK applications who want to learn how to make them accessible. |
| Author(s) Bio | Federico is one of the founders of GNOME and has been working on core libraries for a long time. Recently he has been cleaning up technical debt in the accessibility infrastructure in GNOME, to make life easier for the people who really know how accessibility should work. |
| Pronouns | he/him |
| Twitter and/or Mastodon Handle | @federicomena@mstdn.mx |
| Where are you located? | Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Do you need travel sponsorship from GNOME Foundation in order to join our event? | Yes |
