[nvda] Re: nvda and macromedia flash movie

Hi,
NVDA doesn't yet support flash. However, now that the Firefox plugin is accessible, we'll make sure that it is usable with NVDA.
Can I just note also that although flash is accessible with MSAA, it won't get rendered in the virtual buffer unless NVDA is instructed to actually traverse in to the flash tree. But, I guess if you do tab around the flash plugin with virtual buffer pass-through mode on, I think it should read.
We are part way through the new NVDA virtual buffer implementation, still a long way to go, but its slowly getting there. 

Mick
----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:40 AM
Subject: [nvda] Re: nvda and macromedia flash movie



Gene wrote:
> I doubt that NVDA can read Flash content yet.
Actually, since the Flash ActiveX plugin, used by Internet Explorer, exposes content to MSAA, it's not at all impossible that NVDA works with Flash as well as other screen readers. I haven't tested it though.
Firefox users should note that content is now also exposed to MSAA in the latest beta release of the Flash "Windows plugin" (that is, the non-ActiveX plugin, used by Firefox and other browsers). If you uninstall your current Flash players and plugins, you can get install that beta release from: 

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html
I'd strongly encourage the braver among you to try this out with sites that use Flash accessibility features, such as www.jkrowling.com, and report to Adobe about anything that seems not to work properly. If an issue is NVDA-specific, it would be worth working out if it's an NVDA bug, a Firefox bug, or an Adobe bug.
One important caveat is that there is a known bug with tabbing out of Flash content in Firefox: 

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348279

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93149

So you may find you need to use the mouse keys for some things.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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