macOS Accessibility API
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The macOS Accessibility API is Apple’s system-level framework that enables assistive technologies like screen readers and alternative input devices to interact with and convey the user interface of macOS applications to users with disabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| macOS Accessibility | 1 |
| macOS Accessibility API canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935841 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: macOS Accessibility API Context triple: [VoiceOver, accessibilityAPI, macOS Accessibility API]
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A.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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B.
macOS System Settings
macOS System Settings is the central configuration application on macOS where users manage system-wide preferences, features, and services.
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C.
VoiceOver
VoiceOver is a built-in macOS screen reader that provides spoken and braille descriptions of on-screen elements to make the system accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
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D.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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E.
visionOS
visionOS is Apple’s mixed-reality operating system designed for spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, integrating 3D interfaces, gesture and eye tracking, and immersive app experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: macOS Accessibility API Target entity description: The macOS Accessibility API is Apple’s system-level framework that enables assistive technologies like screen readers and alternative input devices to interact with and convey the user interface of macOS applications to users with disabilities.
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A.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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B.
macOS System Settings
macOS System Settings is the central configuration application on macOS where users manage system-wide preferences, features, and services.
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C.
VoiceOver
VoiceOver is a built-in macOS screen reader that provides spoken and braille descriptions of on-screen elements to make the system accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
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D.
macOS
macOS is Apple’s proprietary Unix-based operating system known for its graphical user interface, tight integration with Apple hardware and services, and strong emphasis on usability and security.
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E.
visionOS
visionOS is Apple’s mixed-reality operating system designed for spatial computing on Apple Vision Pro, integrating 3D interfaces, gesture and eye tracking, and immersive app experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple technology
ⓘ
accessibility API ⓘ macOS framework ⓘ software framework ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
Objective-C APIs
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ
surface form:
Swift APIs
|
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| enables |
exposure of help and description text
ⓘ
exposure of labels for controls ⓘ exposure of layout and grouping information ⓘ exposure of text content to assistive technologies ⓘ exposure of value and range for controls ⓘ focus tracking for assistive technologies ⓘ hit testing for accessible elements ⓘ invocation of accessibility actions ⓘ keyboard navigation support ⓘ programmatic access to UI elements ⓘ retrieval of accessibility attributes ⓘ |
| exposes |
actions of UI elements
ⓘ
hierarchical structure of UI elements ⓘ properties of UI elements ⓘ roles of UI elements ⓘ states of UI elements ⓘ user interface elements ⓘ |
| goal | making macOS applications usable by people with disabilities ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
macOS Cocoa
ⓘ
surface form:
AppKit
Cocoa ⓘ UIKit ⓘ
surface form:
UIKit for Mac (Mac Catalyst)
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| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| purpose |
enabling assistive technologies to interact with macOS applications
ⓘ
providing accessibility information about user interface elements ⓘ supporting users with disabilities ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
accessibility tree
ⓘ
assistive technology interoperability ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
WAI-ARIA
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surface form:
WAI-ARIA concepts
|
| requires |
applications to expose semantic information about UI
ⓘ
applications to provide accessibility attributes ⓘ |
| supports |
accessibility notifications
ⓘ
custom accessibility elements ⓘ dynamic updates to accessibility information ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
alternative input devices
ⓘ
screen magnifiers ⓘ screen readers ⓘ switch control systems ⓘ voice control software ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Switch Control
ⓘ
VoiceOver ⓘ third-party assistive technologies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: macOS Accessibility API Description of subject: The macOS Accessibility API is Apple’s system-level framework that enables assistive technologies like screen readers and alternative input devices to interact with and convey the user interface of macOS applications to users with disabilities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.