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RE: Use of Audio Interferes with Screenreaders?

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Feb 6, 2004 6:39AM

> One problem with using Flash and screenreader is ussually the
> sad fact than when tabbing through an html page you get
> trapped when you tab into the embeded flash/.swf - you can't get out.

This is not exactly accurate. With a screen reader you do not get trapped
because the screen reader mediates the tab order. Without a screen reader a
keyboard user would have this problem, but only if they are using the Flash
6 player or earlier.

The Flash 7 player addressed this issue, so the tab out of flash extension
is not needed if you can reasonably expect that users will have the Flash 7
player.

> You can download a solution for this problem we have made
> here (tab out of flash extention):
> http://www.sonokids.com/wwwsonokids/english/developers.html

The tab out of flash extension is a great tool that has been good to have
around and has not yet outlived its usefulness.

AWK


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