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From: Fiona.Saxby
Date: Feb 21, 2013 3:05AM

Hi Whitney and Patrick,

Thanks for your responses.

Hopefully now I can convince my boss to drop this idea (he really likes
the page flipping thing!).

Fiona Saxby
Learning Technologist
Scottish Qualifications Authority
www.sqaacademy.org.uk
----- Message from Whitney Quesenbery < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on Tue, 19 Feb
2013 15:52:03 -0500 -----
To:
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Subject:
Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility issues with Issuu
I did a rather thorough review of a number of publishing tools, including
Issu, TapEdition and a number of others. There wasn't one of them that
could spell accessibility, let alone make it actually happen. They are
neither usable nor accessible, but simply images of the pages with
hotspots
for links. They would be better off with a PDF file.


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Patrick H. Lauke
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> 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
> --
> Patrick H. Lauke
> > re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively
> [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.]
>
> www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk
> http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/
> > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
> > > > >



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