> Flash is intrinsically inaccessible

Why do you state that?. In Flash we have a lot of more resources to
make the site accesible and we can implement accesibility for screen
readers through IE. are I missing something? please give us more
feedback about this topic...




2005/12/15, James Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I come across this issue on a fairly regular basis.
>
> There are people who think that, as long as you tick all the WAIC boxes,
> your website is accessible.
>
> My opinion is, even with html, you can make a site that passes the
> tests, but isn't really accessible.
>
> Accessibility is a state of mind (;-)) - put yourself in the position of
> a user who needs an accessible site for a while, and that doesn't just
> mean people who are completely blind: I wear glasses when my eyes tire,
> and I really appreciate sites that ask for less effort from me.
>
> I don't think we can say, in clear conscience, that our site is ok just
> because the html that holds the flash object is well-written. Flash is
> intrinsically inaccessible. Therefore, this is an instance where we must
> make a non-Flash version of the site to get around the problem.
>
> I hope this helps, and I hope that MM/Adobe is addressing the issue? Guys?
>
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> José Francisco Rives Lirola wrote:
> > On 15/12/2005 Carlos Rovira wrote:
> >
> >> Ok José,
> >>
> >> I will if I get something ; )
> >>
> >> Thinkg about it...if you have a website build entirely with Flash and
> >> only one HTML wrapper that is valid for triple AAA validators...can
> >> we consider the application valid in that context?, As I'm a newby
> >> for this kind of stuff, I don't know if what I'm saying have some
> >> sense...
> >
> >
> > Well, if i insert the Flash object tag inserted with Dremweaver and i check
> > if it is HTML valid the answer is not. I have to change <object> tag
> > declaration to
> > validate the standard. I supposed that with tiple AAA it is the same
> > ;-), if you change
> > <object> tag refered in triple AAA documentation then you will check a
> > valid HTML
> > AAA :-P but anyway if your flash is not prepare for accesibility this
> > method only is good
> > for to get a pretty medal putting the AAA valid banner but really you
> > don't help to
> > people with accesibility problems :-(
> >
> > Regards.
> >  JFRL
> >
> >
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