When you are within the Flash movie portion of the webpage does JAWS
announce any buttons? Normally, JAWS will know that there graphic controls
on the page but Flash does not provide any information through MSAA about
their function. The buttons are announced in sequential numbers like "0",
"1",
"3"and so on. If you are daring, just press the Spacebar or the Enter key
on the buttons and see what happens. (I know I skipped a number. That's
what typically happens. There are probably other controls that are not
visible.)
There is not much you can do as an end user to make the Flash Player more
accessible. The latest version of Flash Professional CS4 makes the
accessibility we all want and you are describing as the default in the Flash
Player that the developer builds for his site. The developer still needs to
add two extra lines to enable the accessibility. YouTube must have been
working with Adobe, because the same day that Adobe announced the release of
Flash CS4, YouTube had the improved Flash Player on their website. I love
their new Flash Player! I use it as an example all the time.
The only way I know to make sites like this more accessible is to send an
email to the site developer or webmaster to explain your problems with
accessibility and what you would like to see different. Let them know that
the latest Adobe software should make this easy. Adobe is making progress
with Flash accessibility. But sometimes I doubt their devotion to this
cause. Last Monday they sponsored a Webinar on Flash Accessibility and
compliance with Web Content Accessibility Group (WCAG). This was great and
I provided the link below. Unfortunately, they do not practice what they
preach. The Webinar is available in a Flash Player with no accessible
playback controls! I am sending them an email next.
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2009/03/flash_accessibility_webinar_re.html
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "shikher goyal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:31 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] regarding flash player
hei to all
i've a little querey. there are some site which provide watching
videos but doesn't have buttons for full screen, volume control or
some other like that. mostly there are graphical icons at left or
right side of playing window which can access via mouse.
is there any way to access those via jaws or any settings. can we
make them like youtube, in youtube we can play/pause or can forward.
shikher
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