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RE: Flash MX 2004/8, Tab Index and JAWS

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From: Jamie
Date: Apr 10, 2006 12:10AM

Hi soft has a special program to check flash called
Hi-caption. to me the report isn't as good as the
normal hi-soft report but it, unlike the repair
product, was made for flash. Here is the link.
http://www.hisoftware.com/hmcc/acc4mcc.html

--- Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Marty,
> It'd be useful to see the example. Can you send a
> link?
> AWK
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Friedel,
> Martin James - FRIMJ001
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:37 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List; WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Flash MX 2004/8, Tab Index
> and JAWS
>
>
> Thanks Jared - I've already checked that - used the
> AccRepair
> tool and that says everything is fine. It's an odd
> one - when JAWS is
> off, the tab order is fine, but when JAWS is on, it
> misses parts.
>
> It's a weird one...
> Marty
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Jared Smith [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Mon 10/04/2006 12:14 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Flash MX 2004/8, Tab Index
> and JAWS
>
>
>
> Friedel, Martin James - FRIMJ001 wrote:
> > I'm currently working on some research into Flash
> accessibility and have
> > found a bizarre problem when combining content
> built in Flash
> 8
> > (published as 7). When I tab through the movie in
> Internet
> Explorer with
> > JAWS (4.51) not running, the tab order is as
> programmed (every
> instance
> > has a tab index set, and there are no static text
> instances).
> But when
> > JAWS is turned on, the tab order is thrown out
> the window and
> entire
> > instances are not accessible when using the tab
> key.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced this issue, and has a
> possible
> solution?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marty
>
> If I recall correctly, EVERY tabable (not sure
> that's a word,
> but...)
> element must have the programmed tab index defined,
> otherwise
> Flash
> ignores ALL of your programmed tab indexes. Take a
> close look,
> because
> there's probably something in the interface that
> you haven't
> defined a tab
> index for.
>
> Jared
>
>
>
>
> >
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