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Re: Technical explanation on how Flash interupts screen readers

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From: Terrill Bennett
Date: Nov 15, 2010 9:15AM

I have no problems using JAWS or NVDA and:

Either the newest or prior version of the JW Player:
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/

The "accessibility is one of our primary goals" player from theWorkshop:
http://www.theworkshop.co.uk/video-player

Or the ccPlayer from the National Center for Accessible Media:
http://ncam.wgbh.org/

It's a matter of who wrote the player or other Flash object that
counts. Hope this helps.

-- terrill --

At 10:00 AM 11/15/2010, you wrote:
>Birkir wrote:
>
> > I know that Flash, by itself, does not necessarily constitute
> > accessibility issues.
>
>Sure it does. The most accessible Flash in the world is still
>something keyboard users can't escape without using the mouse.
>The only way to avoid this is by hiding the Flash from the user
>and replacing the controls with javascript/HTML, as Terrill
>Thompson did with
><http://terrillthompson.com/tests/flash-yahoo3.html>;.
>
>Until this is fixed, there is no such thing as truly accessible
>Flash embedded in a web page.
>
>-Deborah
>