Cocoa® Programming

Universal Access

There are aspects of computer usage that many people find physically difficult. Jaguar includes technology intended to make the computer more accessible to users with disabilities. The entire screen can be magnified to assist users with vision impairments. The magnified screen can be panned, and the zoom factor can be changed to accommodate a wide range of needs. Jaguar also includes a flexible text-to-speech technology that can be used to read any onscreen text to the user. These features are implemented as operating system services. Existing Cocoa applications work seamlessly with the new features.

Jaguar also includes enhancements to many of the standard Cocoa user interface control classes. The enhancements provide more ...