[access-uk] Re: Audible
- From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:13:08 -0000
Yes it is working great with system access I agree, and you can easily start
and stop the playing of the audio sample.
I must admit I don't like the structure of the new site. When I was viewing
the new release pages, I used to be able to see a brief summary underneath each
title which used to give me an indication as to whether I wanted to read the
full summary. Now when I went to get my two audio books this month, I had to
press enter on each link to see what the book was about, then go back to the
new release page.
But at least with system access we can hear the audio samples now.
----- Original Message -----
From: M BROWN
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:56 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audible
The flash player is now fine with System Access.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: Léonie Watson
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audible
The problem is that the audio player is Flash based. They've used an
embedding technique that hides the Flash from screen readers, the Flash itself
isn't accessible and the underlying code isn't compatible either. It isn't
easy to reverse engineer Flash, but the principle problems are clear.
I contacted Audible earlier this week to explain all this and give them
some more technical information. How quickly they respond will depend on
whether it's a third party application or whether they have in-house control
over it. If it is a third party application, I've also pointed them at a fully
accessible alternative.
Léonie.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Amro Bilal
Sent: 28 November 2008 13:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audible
I couldn't get any audio samples using either System Access nor Jaws 10.
Cheers,
Amro
----- Original Message -----
From: Sunil
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 12:13 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audible
I'm using Jaws 10 and am able to access the samples. I use the tab key to
navigate through the info for each book, author, title etc. from memory, it
takes five presses to go through the info for each book. On the second or third
press jaws remains silent but if you hit enter at that point the sample plays.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of M BROWN
Sent: 28 November 2008 12:08
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Audible
In recent times a sample recording of books etc. was not available when
using screen readers. This would still seem to be the same using JAWS Version
10 and below. However, when using System Access, the problem seems to be
resolved. Using System Access, I am able to get a sample recording of anything
on the Audible site.
Martin
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