Hello Andy, Try the Safari extension Click2Flash. It's a bit of a struggle to configure but it really helps with flash content.
Cheers, Anne On 27 Sep 2013, at 21:07, Andy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all - > > In my frustration at not being able to listen to a sports stream, I contacted > Apple accessibilty, below is there reply. It doesn't quite add up, as they > say Adobe hasn't made flash accessible to screen readers, and yet JAWS for > one does pretty much ok these days with it. Non the less, perhaps if lots of > us folowed their sugestion of contacting Adobe, this time it might make a > difference? - > > Andy > Hello, > > Thank you for your email. Unfortunately there is an issue with the Flash > component that makes it inaccessible to screen readers. Apple has reported > this issue to Adobe over the years and in March of 2011 they announced plans > to fix it, you can see their blog post in the link below: > > http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2010/03/flash_player_and_flex_support.html > > Unfortunately, Adobe has not made the appropriate changes to Flash that make > it screen reader compatible. We would encourage the you to contact Adobe and > request that they implement the changes that will make Flash content > accessible. > > Apple Accessibility > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
