Do you guess they'll write to this model for their Mac applications?

No, thank goodness.  I am glad you appreciate the post as some here
might say we are off topic, but I think discussing the larger
landscape is quite relevant to VoiceOver.

When I first (2004 I think) heard about "Microsoft's New Accessibility
Model To Be Offered as Cross-Platform Solution for Industry" I
naturally assumed they had something which would be compatible with OS
X or Linux.  As things developed, and I am sorry I have no citations
for this, it slowly became apparent that what Microsoft meant by quote
cross platform unquote is a technology they could also release for XP
and Windows 2000!  At this late date, I can only assume any plans
there were to back-port UIA have been abandoned.  I could appreciate
the irony more if it were not in the context of a convicted
monopolist…

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