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From: Rothschild, Joseph T. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM) (CTR)
Date: Jul 5, 2009 6:50PM

Flash can be made quite accessible, however most developers don't have
the tools to properly test them.

What we've discovered is that many of the flash components that come
shipped with Flash make the flash movie inaccessible by causing flash to
trap focus. The obvious solution of using the Accessibility pane
properties in addition to basic AS accessibility coding solves many of
the issues, but it often comes down to frequent testing using a variety
of screen readers and browsers.

So in short, it's your developers.

Joe

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