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<refmiscinfo class="date">31 Aug 2004</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man3;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>Accessibility
Toolkit API</primary></indexterm>
<refnamediv id="libatk-10-3-name"><refname>&cmd;</refname><refpurpose>
Accessibility Toolkit API</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para>
ATK (Accessibility Tool Kit) is a set of interfaces which, when implemented by
applications and user-interface component libraries, supports the use of
applications by persons with disabilities.  ATK provides a consistent set of
in-process interfaces which conforming components implement, either directly or
via the use of add-on libraries. These interfaces are in turn exported
out-of-process for use by assistive technologies (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>at-spi</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>). 
</para>

<para>
Using ATK, applications can explicitly provide descriptive information about
their components. By using ATK-enabled toolkits such as GTK+, applications
obtain built-in accessibility support.
</para>

<para>
The ATK API is a queryable, interfaced API for obtaining textual,
attribute-based, and coordinate information from user interface components, and
also provides a means of activating and interacting with those components
without the direct use of the keyboard or system pointing device.
</para>

<para>
To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version of the
package.
</para>
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<refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>
The following files are used by this library:
</para>
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<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/lib/&cmd;.so</filename></term><listitem>
<para>
Accessibility Toolkit API shared library
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/atk</filename></term><listitem>
<para>
Location of developer documentation
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>
See
<olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5">
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:
</para>
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<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>
<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><para>Availability</para></entry>
<entry><para>library/desktop/atk</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry>
<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Committed</para></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>at-spi-registryd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>magnifier</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>at-spi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libcspi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgailutil</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgnome-mag</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgnomespeech</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libloginhelper</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-interfaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="libatk-10-3-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2006.
</para>
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