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From: Patrick Lauke
Date: Jun 23, 2005 9:20AM

> Robinson, Norman B

> flash can be
> designed to be accessible. Anything that isn't accessible is a lack of
> intent (whether due to the preference of the client or not)

as in "the client has a preference not to buy the very latest version of
Windows Eyes to access the flash"?

> or a failure of the imagination

or a failure of budget, or sheer impossibility of making it accessible
(or how would YOU make a flash game a la Pong or similar accessible to a
screenreader user, for instance).

In the real world, flash is still not a universally accessible format,
and often content can't be made accessible for good reason.

Patrick
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