How to enable accessibility (tips and tricks)

About privileges (Windows)

• Setting UIAccess="true" in the Application Manifest File is required on Win8+. For Python it usually means you need to run the script as Administrator.

• See Security Considerations for Assistive Technologies.

QT (Windows)

• Use the QT_USE_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 in your environment (see the answer on StackOverflow)

Google Chrome (Windows)

• Run chrome --force-renderer-accessibility or
• type chrome://accessibility/ in the Chrome tab and customize accessibility settings per page (see the question on StackOverflow)

AT-SPI accessibility (Linux)

• Some applications need explicit accessibility enabling:

export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1
export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1

Got from here.

How to implement accessibility on app side

MS AA (Active Accessibility)

• Part 1: Using Dynamic Annotation
• Part 2: Implementing MSAA for a Simple Control
• Part 3: Implementing MSAA for a Complex Control
• Part 5: Using IAccessibleEx to Add UI Automation Support to a Custom Control
• How Servers Implement Child IDs

UI Automation server side

• UI Automation Provider Programmer's Guide

UI Automation client side

• UI Automation Client Programmer's Guide
• Working with Virtualized Items

(feel free to add another tricks)