Accessibility

Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. The accessibility features in AIX provide accessibility for COBOL for AIX.

The major accessibility features in AIX are:

Interface information

Assistive technology products work with the user interfaces that are found in AIX. For specific guidance information, see the documentation for the assistive technology product that you use to access AIX interfaces.

Keyboard navigation

For information about accessing AIX interfaces, see Accessibility features for AIX in the IBM System p and AIX Information Center.

Accessibility of this information

The English-language XHTML format of this information that will be provided in the IBM AIX Compiler Information Center is accessible to visually impaired individuals who use a screen reader.

To enable your screen reader to accurately read syntax diagrams, source code examples, and text that contains the period or comma PICTURE symbols, you must set the screen reader to speak all punctuation.

IBM and accessibility

See the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center for more information about the commitment that IBM has to accessibility.