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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Nov 9, 2009 2:55PM

making sure that text presented as part of a graphic or as an imbedded file
is readable with screen reading software. Audio descriptions read at a
normal spped take too much time and screen reading software can read them at
the preferred speed of the user.
Chuck
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From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] mouseover/hover and keyboard accessible
expandablemenu?


> Al,
> What parts do you want to see happen automatically?
> - Adding equivalents for images?
> - Adding captions?
> - Adding audio description?
> - Creating beautiful animated characters?
>
> The beauty of this example is that while slick and highly functional, it
> demonstrates the effective use of a fairly small number of techniques that
> apply not only to Flash but to HTML also.
>
> There are a few items that are unique to Flash, including controlling the
> reading order and controlling the addition/deletion of objects from the
> reading order. To answer your question, I can envision making the
> authoring tool provide better supports to accomplish these tasks, but
> there will always be the need for developers to understand accessibility
> so they can handle it properly.
>
> We do make products that are not so open-ended as the Flash authoring
> tool, that provide accessibility support but do not require (or provide
> means to) change the accessibility support. These are very specific
> applications with a narrower focus, so they can handle more accessibility
> by default.
>
> If you have suggestions, I'm happy to take a look.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>
> Senior Product Manager, Accessibility
>
> Adobe Systems
>
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Al Sparber
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] mouseover/hover and keyboard accessible
> expandablemenu?
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> From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
>> Glad you liked it. Thea Eaton from a company called Doodledoo in Texas
>> created it in conjunction with Knowbility and did a great job.
>>> http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/flash/tutorial/
>
> Out of curiosity, do you you envision a future Flash release that would
> have
> the brains to do much of this automatically? I would guess that a lot of
> Flash authors would not invest the time - especially in a more complex
> application.
>
> --
> Al Sparber - PVII
> http://www.projectseven.com
> Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets
> http://www.projectseven.com/go/apm
> An Accessible & Elegant Accordion
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