WxPython versus Tkinter.

Neil Hodgson nhodgson at bigpond.net.au
Mon Jan 24 16:47:36 EST 2011


Octavian Rasnita:

> There are no many people that know about this thing,
> but there are standards like MSAA that can be followed
> by them if they really want to offer accessibility. I
> guess that if Tkinter would support MSAA (Microsoft
> Active Accessibility) in its Windows version, the screen
> readers would be able to offer support for Tk (or it
> might be offered by default... I don't know).

   MSAA was superseded by Microsoft UI Automation in 2005 which in turn
was superseded by Windows Automation API in Windows 7.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd561932(v=vs.85).aspx

   Making Tk as accessible as Windows or GTK+ would be a huge job.

   Neil



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