Hello David, Access to button controls of flash-based content in browsers is not accessible with VoiceOver, but you can play content that is flash based (such as YouTube videos). Note that support for playing Flash content no longer comes as a default with Mac OS X distributions; you have to separately download this. The original ClickToFlash implementation was a Safari Browser plug-in that prevented Flash content from automatically loading. This included annoying advertisements that would take up memory resources. You could still load flash content if you added the current web page to your white list (by pressing the Option key and Clicking with a mouse or trackpad at the same time), or by navigating to the menu and adding a site. Alternatively, you could enable Flash content to load and display on the current page without adding to the white list by pressing Command-Control-F. The point of this was that you only loaded flash content when you wanted it, and performance was much snappier since you weren't using up resources for Flash content you didn't want -- like ads.
This later morphed into a Safari Extension option, and then to plug-ins of various levels of refinement. With the advent of HTML5, which is how YouTube movies play on iOS devices -- not using Flash -- the ClickToFlash plug-ins enabled substitution of accessible, HTML5 versions of Flash content on web pages that offer this option. (The plug-in can do some other things, too, but this is what Ray wants in order to gain control of the Sample playing controls on the Audible site.) Basically, the current information for both the ClickToPlugin and the ClickToFlash Safari extensions may be found here: http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ More detailed information about setup depends on your operating system. Here's a link to one of Justin's older posts about setting up the plugin: • Re: Flash to HTML5; Can it be done? http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg48562.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 1, 2011, at 10:49, David Eagle wrote: > I thought FLASH was completely inaccessible with Voice Over? > > On 01/10/2011, Justin Ekis <je...@fastmail.us> wrote: >> Hi ray, >> >> I prefer ClickToPlugin, since it does everything that ClickToFlash does and >> more. If it's audible you are concerned about, you will have exactly the >> same experience with either one, since audible uses flash. The benefit of >> ClickToPlugin is that it also helps with sites that have embedded >> silverlight or windows media content. The setup and usage are the same for >> both, and I think I've previously posted tips for getting the best results. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Justin >> >> On Oct 1, 2011, at 7:50 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> >> Okay. I really want to know this. For those of y'all who have tried both >> click to flash and click to plug under Lion, which do y'all prefer and why? >> Very particularly when it comes to Audible.com samles and eas of set up and >> use. >> >> thanks. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> Facebook: >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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.
