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[assistive technology]
OATS (" OPEN SOURCE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE") is a source code
repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in
2006 [1] with the goal to provide a one-stop “shop” for end users, clinicians
and open-source developers to promote and develop open source assistive
technology software. It also allows users to find other software that is free
but not open source,[2] and open-source software that is developed elsewhere,
for example NVDA,[3] Orca[4] and FireVox.[5]
The OATS website was launched at the end of the OATS project, a one-year pilot
project that ended in March 2006, and claimed to be the first open-source
repository dedicated to assistive technology.<ref name="projectSummary" />[6]
In April 2006, the British Computer Society (BCS) announced that it was
backing the OATS project;[7] in August 2006, the British Computer Society's
Open Source Specialist Group organised a meeting about the project.[8]
The OATS project was made up of five partner organisations co-ordinated by the
ACE Centre.[9] The OATS repository wants to offer an efficient and intuitive
way to access good quality assistive technology.[10] The OATS repository
offers the following facilities to developers:[11]
- project pages to document and manage a software project,
- a code repository ( Subversion ),
- a project management system ( Trac or Poi).
** See also
- Design for All (in ICT)
** References
References:
[1]. Steve Lee: " OATSoft, a new service and a landmark for Accessibility (see http://eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog/13994.html) ", 6 May 2006.
[2]. OATS: Project Summary (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/ProjectSummary/) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025124519/http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/ProjectSummary/ ] .
[3]. OATS: NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/nvda) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022024805/http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/nvda ] .
[4]. OATS: Orca (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/orca-1) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911023502/http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/orca-1 ] .
[5]. OATS: Fire Vox (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/fire-vox) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612140620/http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/fire-vox ] .
[6]. OATS: OATS Launch Press Release (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/News/pressrelease.2006-05-03.7588301469) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207083957/http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/News/pressrelease.2006-05-03.7588301469 ] , 3 May 2006.
[7]. Justin Richards: " BCS backs open source project to boost software for disabled users (see http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/04/20/215458/BCS-backs-open-source-project-to-boost-software-for-disabled.htm) " _Computer Weekly_ , Thursday 20 April 2006.
[8]. "OATS Meeting Aftermath (see http://ossg.bcs.org/2006/08/11/oats-meeting-aftermath/) ", BCS Open Source Specialist Group Blog, Friday, August 11th 2006.
[9]. OATS: OATS Consortium (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/OatsConsortium/) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526182212/http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/OatsConsortium ] .
[10]. OATS: Project Context (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/ProjectContext) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025113347/http://www.oatsoft.org/Info/Project/ProjectContext/ ] .
[11]. OATS: Hosting on OATS (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Forge/Info/hosting-on-oats) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601034003/http://www.oatsoft.org/Forge/Info/hosting-on-oats ] .
** External links
- OATS Software (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Software) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529035906/http://www.oatsoft.org/Software ] - interface to search software
- The OATS Forge (see http://www.oatsoft.org/Forge) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106132043/http://www.oatsoft.org/Forge ] - for developers
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