New 2.0 release brings accessibility support for Windows applications to Linux

Written for Mono Accessibility Project by Brad Taylor on 2010-02-26

After a year of intensive development, the Mono Accessibility team at Novell has released version 2.0 of their accessibility tools for Linux. This release enables all types of users to access System.Windows.Forms applications and Silverlight applications from Linux using Orca and other ATK-based Assistive Technologies, as well as access Linux applications from UI Automation-based Assistive Technologies. The update fixes 505 bugs and adds numerous new features which are supported on openSUSE 11.2, Ubuntu Karmic Koala and Fedora 12.

To experience the latest version, download it from our releases[1] page.

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[1] http://mono-project.com/Accessibility:_Release_Notes_2.0

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