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i) The problem explored in this project is making technology accessible to everyone, including disabled people. The work this project does is mostly centered in gecko, the gut of Mozilla's web engine Firefox.
ii) An open source project that caters to similar goals is The A11y Machine. The A11y Machine (or a11ym for short, spelled “alym”) is an automated accessibility testing tool which crawls and tests pages of any Web application to produce detailed reports. It validates pages against the following specifications/laws: W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, including A, AA and AAA levels (understanding levels of conformance), U.S. Section 508 legislation, W3C HTML5 Recommendation.
iii) As this is a pre-existing product that still needs continued contributions, this technology already has a usage and application in Mozilla's web browser, Firefox.
iv) This project is an ongoing effort to make the web as accessible as possible for all web surfers! There is no specific end goal, as it is constantly looking to improve itself.