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Re: Flash and keyboard navigation

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Oct 8, 2002 7:35AM

On 10/8/02 8:13 AM, "Tom Gilder" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Does anyone have a fix for this problem (preferably just through
> setting an <object> param)?
This solution depends on JavaScript, but is an interim possibility.
http://www.sonokids.com/tabnew.html

> All this talk of accessibility from MM needs to actually be backed up
> with some action it seems to me. After all, what's the point in
> letting screen readers read a page when you can't tab through it..?

The tab-capturing issue in Flash is resolved for users with screen readers
that support Flash. Keyboard users that don't use a screen reader will have
the problem you describe. Older screen readers generally ignore Flash
content entirely.

AWK

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