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Re: Trapped in Flash

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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Jun 11, 2010 11:06AM


Let us be clear. Flash content can be made 100% keyboard friendly, as the
Player and Plugin both support it. In a HTML document however, you are bound
by browsers (and in your case, third party assistive software) to work with
the Flash Plugin. Like HTML and CSS, browsers can barely agree on 100%
compatability so there is no perfect way ... that said, the webcredible link
I gave demonstrates how well it can actually be done (peeking at the code
however, there is quite a bit to get ones head around). Does it not work
with screen readers?

Steven


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ritz, Courtney L.
(GSFC-7500)
Sent: 11 June 2010 16:50
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Trapped in Flash

Hi all,

thanks for the suggestions.

I'm curious though, as to whether this whole keyboard trap issue with some
Flash jobects is specific to JAWS, or common among screen readers in
general, or what.
The answer to that may help me determine whether the pages could be
considered 508 compliant as long as the Flash content is made available
another way such as via HTML. I don't want to ding someone if the problem
is screen reader specific and not a real 508 or general accessibility
problem. Personally, becoming stuck in the Flash object and having to
refresh the page decreases the page's accessibility. but that's just my two
cents. (grins)

thanks and sorry for the ramble.

Courtney