Well, this probably won't be popular on this list.
Jaws doesn't work very well with many flash sites. It's hit or miss.
Try using the System Access screen reader. You can run it for free by going
to
http://www.satogo.com
YOu need to enter that link from the run dialog without another screen
reader running. Just follow the prompts which will be to press alt-r to run
the install program. You should get prompted for that twice.
It does a much better job of identifying flash content. If you land on any
edit boxes, be advised that it doesn't have "forms mode" like Jaws, it acts
as Jaws 11 does if you have it turn forms mode on immediately. When you
land in an edit box, any keystroke will be typed there unless you navigate
away with an arrow key.
Hopefully, the folks at F.S. will improve flash access with Jaws. But, it
might be an issue of video hooks, because Win-Eyes has the same degree of
difficulty with flash content. System Access doesn't use the video
intercepts.
Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hina Keval" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:16 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Keyboard navigation on a Flash based website
Does anyone know how I can use the keyboard alone to navigate a Flash
website (in IE and/or Firefox). I am using a PC.
I want to test if a Flash site is accessible and I can tab to links but I
cannot get to the flash based objects (Navigation menus).
In a non-flash website (i.e. html website), I would use the tab key to tab
between page elements and then use the arrow keys to get to sub-menus
within
a navigation menu.
Any help would be great.
Hina
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