I frequently talk to a friend in the accessibility team at Adobe. He says, "Corporate policy is that Mac accessibility is not a priority."
Over the years, from blinks on all platforms, thousands of letters have been sent to Adobe without much, if any, success on a lot of the isses. On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Don't know. Flash is totally broken. > > Besides a workaround to this particular issue, what is the over-all word on > Flash? Have people contacted Adobe? Are they working on something, or at > least examining their options? There were efforts made on Windows that worked > out for several screen readers. I'd expect that they'd at least be open to > doing something for Mac accessibility. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader > Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:30 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org > Subject: Flash is Poison! > > If, like me, you enjoy documentaries, the web site, > www.streaming-madness.net, has incredible content you can view online without > cost. The downside, though, is that the one button that you really need - > namely the "Play" button - is exposed through Flash and VO doesn't see it at > all. The rest of the site is very accessible but you can't play the movies > without the Play button. > > It works great with JAWS and SA in IE. I haven't tried any other browser/AT > combo. > > Is there a way to draw a frame around a Flash button that VO thinks is empty > space on the page and route the mouse cursor to it and click? Cumbersome, > yes, but as long as Adobe shuts us out, it could be the only solution. > > Flash is definitely a toxic. > > cdh-- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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