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Re: Accessibility issues with Issuu

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 19, 2013 9:56AM

On 19/02/2013 16:14, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> My gut feeling is that since it's flash based, it's not.

Not tested the site in question, but just wanted to mention that, as a
general rule, flash-based does not automatically mean inaccessible. Over
the years Adobe's worked quite hard on making it possible to create
flash content that works perfectly fine with AT like screenreaders.

> I also can't find
> any mention of accessibility on Issuu's website and the only place where I
> can find Issuu employees engaging on the issue they appear to believe that
> being able to zoom is good enough (even for blind users!)

Of course, developers that create the flash content need to be aware of
how to make it actually accessible, and this kind of response doesn't
seem to suggest that.

P
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Patrick H. Lauke