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Leopard Reference: User Experience
User experience encompasses the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of software. Mac OS X provides a number of user interface technologies, such as speech recognition and speech synthesis, that can enhance the user experience for people with disabilities.
A guided introduction for developers who want to make their applications accessible to all users.  
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Speech Synthesis Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for converting text into synthesized speech.
 2009-04-08
NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Cocoa parser that converts text to speech.
 2009-01-06
Accessibility (ApplicationServices/HIServices) Reference (HTML)
Describes the low-level API for making applications accessible to assistive applications.
 2008-10-15
Force Feedback Framework Reference (HTML)
Describes the public interfaces to the Force Feedback implementation in Mac OS X, including support for plug-ins.
 2008-04-08
Carbon Accessibility Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for making Carbon applications accessible to assistive technologies.
 2006-02-07
Speech Recognition Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C interface for recognizing and accepting spoken input.
 2003-02-01