No one promotes accessibility in software and
that is why its hardly herd of to be done.
Now if its installable software. Then it has to
be redone with accessibility used, and might be
next release if stated for by majority.
At 05:16 PM 4/12/2011, you wrote:
Everyone's chat is now on cutbacks.
And wellÂ…
most flash designers, unfortunately don't know the accessible flash stuff
its not like Adobe does a good job of promoting it or anything.
Perhaps an area in which we users could spread the word?
Twitter?
Facebook page or something?
Jorge
On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Flor Lynch wrote:
> yeah, i can see that. but why are there so
*many* Flash pages on the Web that aren't
accessibly coded? And the BBC prides itself on
accessibility. (or should I say, prided? After
all, their chatter is now almost all about cutbacks.)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Website problem, New BBC iPlayer
>
>
>> Its working with the flash as its suppose to.
>> However, the new page given has flash not
using accessibility. They just left it out or someone else did the coding.
>>
>> At 10:33 AM 4/12/2011, you wrote:
>>> There are unlabbelled buttons in the flash
content, which JAWS12 sees. Mine called the
Play button unlabelled 1 button, and if I press
that to pause it becomes unlabelled 2 button.
JAWS11 may not be working well enough with this
flash content, but in any case it is or appears
to be rather unsatisfactory so far.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Cyr" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:10 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Website problem, New BBC iPlayer
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good day,
>>>> My flash is enabled, and it sounds to me
as though you are describing the older,
accessible consol which I never had a moments
problem with and would like to continue using. The new one is NOT! like that.
>>>>
>>>> I am using Jaws 11, and my problems began
Sunday night,, ... I use the BBC site for one
reason or another at least six days a week and
have for over five years, so please believe me this is recent.
>>>>
>>>> If they work correctly the two links below
should take you to the two different listen
again pages they are now presenting. The first
is the old accessible page, the second the new
page where I have not been able to find the
buttons that are still there, somewhere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b006qj9z/console
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00zzz1y
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Flor Lynch
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:40 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Website problem, New BBC iPlayer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You need to have flash enabled, as the page has a lot of that. the
>>>> buttons are then read by JAWS. there is the Play/pause button which does
>>>> what it says. The timeline button allows you to jump by percentage
>>>> increments, the percentage being of the programme's length. There is
>>>> also a volume adjust button, and an Adobe Flash popout button. You
>>>> didn't say which version of JAWS you're using.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Joy Cyr" <[email protected]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:28 AM
>>>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Website problem, New BBC iPlayer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Good day,
>>>>> Has anyone come across the new (and supposedly improved) iPlayer that
>>>>> the BBC uses to play their radio shows online? The "old" one uploaded
>>>>> and showed a simple consol that was easy for Jaws to navigate. This
>>>>> new one is displaying a page filled with links, graphics and text. I
>>>>> had someone sighted take a look and the vital buttons are still there,
>>>>> and have the same labels: play/pause, volume and timeline, but Jaws
>>>>> can't find/see them with either cursor. Could this possibly be a Jaws
>>>>> setting I need to change? Or is there a work around that will let me
>>>>> find them? Because not being able to hit pause during a three hour
>>>>> show is a real problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone has any help or suggestions to offer I'd be very
>>>>> appreciative,
>>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>> Joy
>>>>> Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy
>>>>> my original artwork at:
>>>>> www.tigerfeathers.ca
>>>>>
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