Re: Flash Player
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:00:31 +0100
I've noticed this problem with Firefox 2.0. Every time I encounter flash
objects, all I get out of JAWS is "flash movie start flash movie end",
and I can't interact with it. So thanks for answering the question for
me as it were that Flash content is not accessible with JAWS and
Firefox.
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:04:31 +0100, "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis"
<bhawkeslewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I'm guessing you mean the browser plugin not the standalone player.
>
> Adobe claim the Flash plugin supports JAWS in Internet Explorer and
> Freedom Scientific claim JAWS supports it. The Adobe Flash plugin works
> okayish with JAWS in Internet Explorer, but not Firefox thanks to
> Adobe's failure to support software choice among the visually impaired.
> However, a lot of Flash content does not use the accessibility features
> provided by the Flash plugin. See also (among many possible resources):
>
> http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_macromediaflash.hcsp
>
> http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/difficult_pages.htm
>
> http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_jkrowling.hcsp
>
> http://www.webaim.org/techniques/flash/
>
> --
> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
>
> Angie wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Does anyone know if Flash Player is Jaws friendly?
> >
> > Angie
>
>
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