Hi Dark, Yes, but that is a web application which is a mixture of html and flash. Michael's complaint or point was stand alone flash apps that are not web based have accessibility issues. My theory was that the Flash runtime environment for Windows doesn't always return the controls or text to the screen reader because its a non-standard API for Windows applications. Screen readers as a rule rely on core Windows APIs like the Win32 API and MSAA to gather onscreen information when and where possible. Java's Swing toolkit, for example, doesn't use any standard Windows APIs and therefore is outside the norm and requires a special API, the Java Access Bridge, to be present in order to communicate onscreen information to the screen reader assuming the screen reader supports it. This is in large part why there is accessibility issues with applications, because not every language, graphics toolkit, etc sticks to a standard and screen reader developers have to go out of their way to support other applications using non-standard APIs and toolkits.
On 8/15/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Interestingly enough, hal actually can interact with flash controls provided > they use standard text and buttons, so it is possible to for instance use > the play, rewind etc controls for utube by positioning virtual focus over > the windows and hitting capslock F to get the flash mode going. Obviously as > with a windows ap, it helps if there is text involved, but even if not you > can just hit the buttons. > > I'm not exactly sure how this works, but it does come in handy. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
