Date: 12/15/06 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux

IBM has donated IAccessibility2, an API for giving the blind full access in Linux and Open Office, to the Free Standards Group. This is a big win for both abled and disabled users. Blind folks can now get the savings of open source, and a major impediment to government mandates of open source has been cleared.

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