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'''Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface''' ('''AT-SPI''') is a [[toolkit]]-neutral way of providing [[accessibility]] facilities in [[application software|applications]], developed by the [[GNOME]] project. Toolkits provide a logical representation of the content of the application, and helpful assistants like [[screen reader]]s or [[screen magnifier|magnifier]]s can then allow disabled persons browse and interact with the applications.

AT-SPI can also be used for automated testing of user interfaces, with tools such as [[Ldtp|Linux Desktop Testing Project]] and [[Dogtail|Dogtail]].

It is currently supported by [[GTK+]] 2, [[Java (programming language)|Java]]/[[Swing (Java)|Swing]], the [[Mozilla]] suite, and [[StarOffice]]/[[OpenOffice.org]]. [[Trolltech]] also announced some support by [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] ([[KDE]]'s toolkit library).