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Leopard Reference Library: Carbon
A set of C APIs for supporting assistive technology applications. An assistive application interacts with an application to allow persons with disabilities to use it. For example, using an assistive application, a person with a visual impairment can convert menu items and button labels into speech and then perform actions by verbal command.

A guided introduction for developers who want to make their applications accessible to all users.  
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Universal Access: Computers That Everyone Can Use (HTML)
Learn how to make your applications usable by everyone, including those with disabilities.
Articles 2004-08-02
Accessibility Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use the accessibility features built into Mac OS X.
Guides 2008-03-11
Accessibility Programming Guidelines for Carbon (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to access-enable Carbon applications.
Guides 2007-02-08
Speech Synthesis Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for converting text into synthesized speech.
Reference 2009-04-08
Carbon Accessibility Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C API for making Carbon applications accessible to assistive technologies.
Reference 2006-02-07
Speech Recognition Manager Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the C interface for recognizing and accepting spoken input.
Reference 2003-02-01
iTunesController (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
iTunesController allows you to control iTunes without having to bring it to the foreground.
Sample Code 2006-02-23
ImageMapView (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add Accessibility to a complex custom HIView and the related parts of an application.
Sample Code 2005-10-17
SimpleSpeechRecExample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the Speech Recognition Manager in a simple application.
Sample Code 2003-03-26
Empty Memory Objects (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1259: Describes how two memory management edge cases are handled by the common Mac OS memory allocators.
Technical Q&As 2003-04-21