Accessibility features for OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface

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Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully.

The major accessibility features in this product enable users in the following ways:
  • Use assistive technologies, such as screen-reader software and digital speech synthesizer, to hear what is displayed on the screen. Consult the product documentation of the assistive technology for details on using those technologies with this product.
  • Operate specific or equivalent features using only the keyboard.
  • Magnify what is displayed on the screen.
In addition, the product documentation was modified to include the following features to aid accessibility:
  • All documentation is available in both HTML and convertible PDF formats to give the maximum opportunity for users to apply screen-reader software.
  • All images in the documentation are provided with alternative text so that users with vision impairments can understand the contents of the images.

Accessibility features

The following list includes the major accessibility features supported by the OMEGAMON® Enhanced 3270 user interface:
  • Keyboard-only operation
  • Interfaces that are commonly used by screen readers
  • Keys that are discernible by touch but do not activate just by touching them
  • Industry-standard devices for ports and connectors
  • The attachment of alternative input and output devices

The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface guide and its related publications are accessibility-enabled.

Navigating the interface using the keyboard

Standard shortcut and accelerator keys are used by the product and are documented by the terminal emulator product. See the documentation provided by your terminal emulator for more information.

Magnifying what is displayed on the screen

The Enhanced 3270 user interface can be used with any 3270 emulator that supports the APL character set. The interface supports screen sizes of 24 x 80, 32 x 80, 43 x 80, 27 x 132, and 62 x 160. Choose the resolution that best suits your requirements. PTF UA76751 enables some 3270 emulators that do not support all APF characters to be used for the Enhanced 3270 user interface.

Interface information

The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface supports all the accessibility features supported by your emulator. If you are using IBM® Personal Communications, for information on its accessibility features, see Using Emulator Sessions. If you are using a third-party emulator, see the documentation for that product for accessibility information.

IBM and accessibility

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