TeamTalk VoiceOver Client – macOS Accessibility API, interested in pyatom #184

Hi! I'm Florian, developer of the TeamTalk VoiceOver Client — an open-source Python (wxPython/PySide6) TeamTalk 5 client built specifically for VoiceOver (macOS), NVDA/JAWS (Windows), and Braille display users.

Project: https://github.com/fla-rion/TeamTalk-VO-Client

Why I'm reaching out

We currently use PyObjC directly to patch macOS accessibility APIs at runtime — replacing accessibilityRole, accessibilityLabel, and similar methods on wxPython's Objective-C classes so that VoiceOver announces controls correctly (e.g., "Auswahlmenü" for popup buttons, "Liste" for list views).

Our patches live in src/ui/a11y.py and are applied via objc.classAddMethod at app startup.

pyatom provides a higher-level Python interface to the same macOS Accessibility APIs, and I'm interested in whether it could:

• Simplify or replace our manual PyObjC patching
• Help us write automated VoiceOver compatibility tests (e.g., verify that a control has the correct AX role/label after our patches are applied)
• Be used in CI to catch accessibility regressions

Questions

1. Is pyatom still actively maintained? The last commit appears to be a while back.
2. Are there known compatibility issues with macOS 13/14/15 and Python 3.9+?
3. Has anyone used pyatom to test wxPython (wx.App) UIs specifically?

Happy to share more details about our patching approach or contribute test cases if there's interest. Would love to connect with others working on Python + macOS accessibility.

Thanks!
— Florian / TeamTalk VoiceOver Client