OATS

OATS ("Open Source Assistive Technology Software") is a source code repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 Steve Lee: "OATSoft, a new service and a landmark for Accessibility", 6 May 2006. 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,OATS: Project Summary . and open-source software that is developed elsewhere, for example NVDA,OATS: NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) . OrcaOATS: Orca . and FireVox.OATS: Fire Vox .

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.OATS: OATS Launch Press Release , 3 May 2006. In April 2006, the British Computer Society (BCS) announced that it was backing the OATS project;Justin Richards: "BCS backs open source project to boost software for disabled users" Computer Weekly, Thursday 20 April 2006. in August 2006, the British Computer Society's Open Source Specialist Group organised a meeting about the project."OATS Meeting Aftermath", BCS Open Source Specialist Group Blog, Friday, August 11th 2006.

The OATS project was made up of five partner organisations co-ordinated by the ACE Centre.OATS: OATS Consortium . The OATS repository wants to offer an efficient and intuitive way to access good quality assistive technology.OATS: Project Context . The OATS repository offers the following facilities to developers:OATS: Hosting on OATS . project pages to document and manage a software project, a code repository (Subversion), a project management system (Trac or Poi).

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