[bcab] Re: Flash movies and snakes and ladders

Thanks for these answers Mark.  At work, I'm using Jaws 8, but at home,
I haven't yet got round to upgrading from Jaws 7.
 
A supplementary question: What do web accessibility guidelines say about
the use of flash movies, if anything?  I thought it was not generally
considered good practice to have moving elements on a page.  Can Flash
movies also potentially cause problems  for people with epilepsy?  How
easy or difficult can they make the page to read if you have dyslexia?
 
Thanks,
Clive
 
 

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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark turnham
Sent: 28 January 2008 08:49
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Flash movies and snakes and ladders


Hi
what screen reader are you using?
 
I can offer a reason for the first question. It's because the flash
movie is constantly refreshing so the cursor is drawn back to it as the
page changes.
 
Cheers
mark

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Clive Lever <mailto:clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
        To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:43 AM
        Subject: [bcab] Flash movies and snakes and ladders

        Hi all,
         
        sometimes, when I am looking at a webpage and tabing through the
links, I hit a flash movie.  When I get to Flash Movie end and tab
again, the links that are spoken often back track, so that I tab forward
and get to the flash movie start.  Next time it may not happen, or I
coul backtrack to a different point in the list.
         
        1. Why does this happen?
        2. How can I stop it happening?
         
        Thanks,
        Clive

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