Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

Fig: a demonstration of UI Automation in Notepad Essential criteria for accessibility assistance in the application are programmatic access and keyboard access. To test accessibility for people with different disabilities and limitations or those who prefer to use a keyboard, it is important that you test the accessibility of your Windows applications, assistive technology (AT) tools, and user interface (UI) frameworks.  You will not be able to use your application for users with visual, learning, dexterity/mobility, and with language/commune impairments or disabilities, without appropriate access through AT such as screen readers and on-screen keyboards. In the last blog , I talked about some high-level concepts on UI Automation (UIA). In this walkthrough, I’ll give a snippet on how to use UIA on Notepad.  You can write your script using C++, C#, or Python.   Microsoft uses C++ and C# for their UI Automation and all kinds of testing.  However, most of the develope...