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The GNOME Foundation has announced a new initiative to further boost the development of a11y in the open-source world. A11y stands for accessibility (there’s 11 letters between A and Y.) Development of a11y solutions has important ramifications even if you aren’t an a11y user. Oftentimes a11y solutions become mainstream usability solutions. For example, onscreen keyboards are making their way to embedded applications. Use of keyboard shortcuts and gestures are becoming more mainstream. Screen magnifications, and the list goes on. Myself, I’ve been working on a project recently with FunkyPenguin on getting Cheese to work well with openSUSE. While Cheese has mainstream applicability, it is a tool that directly can benefit Deaf users