Suggestion for a fruit basket program

  • From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, blindwebbers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:04:53 -0500

Unfortunately, Flash/Flex-based web interfaces commonly involve unlabeled or otherwise inaccessible controls. I think Adobe should do more to make default settings of such interfaces accessible. Since it is, indeed, usually possible to make such interfaces accessible with appropriate coding, I think a useful contribution would be a fruit basket program that illustrates how this can be done. Information about the specifications for a fruit basket program, and examples of many in various languages, are available at


http://FruitBasketDemos.org

Another variation of this would be a Silverlight-based fruit basket program. If one develops an accessible such program, I suggest being explicit about the screen reader and version used for verifying this. The example could then also be used to spur other screen reader developers into improving their support for dynamic web interfaces (ARIA).


Jamal
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