I agree that mouse isn't the only option in flash, their is keystroke and a skilled programmer could even build a mouse gesture or maybe even a voice recognition application (the last one would be a very big challenge!).
Even if I didn't tried, my experience tell me that they could be conflict between Jaws keystroke catcher and a flash keystroke catcher (it could probably be overcome, either by having the user disable Jaws, or using different shortcut in the Flash app.). I'm not saying you are wrong, as I know it will be possible to have a flash site for blind people. I just have my doubt about making it enjoyable and/or worth the time it would take to do. It is though a interesting challenge if someone work on it just for the kick of it it will be a very interesting experience. --- On 9/28/07, Breton Slivka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The mouse isn't the only option for navigation in flash. Last time I used it, there were methods for reading keystrokes as well. Maybe the disconnect between the way people navigate with jaws, and the way people would navigate within the flash would be intolerable, I don't know. It seems to me though that jaws wouldn't be a requirement for accessible flash, with the right designer in charge. I'll will accept that I'm wrong, if I am, but you haven't presented any evidence that would make me believe that I am wrong. Perhaps I am stubborn, I like to see possibility where others have thrown up their hands and given up. On 9/27/07, Jonathan Poissant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Breton: > In my previous Job we build sites for kids to read be able to read stories > online in Flash. Accessibility was a major issue that we where only able to > get over by having a HTML version of the sites, even if our stories where > narrated. This is because we where unable to have Jaws navigate in the flash > application itself, and having a visually impaired person use the mouse to > navigate, even with roll-over sound, is not what we would call accessible. > > Would it be possible to have something work with Jaws? I would say yes. > Would it be easy to navigate, enjoyable and worth the time? I don't think > so. > > > On 9/26/07, Breton Slivka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This might sound silly, but here it is anyway: > > > > > > Flash can do more than just graphics- You can also play sounds and > > > manipulate them, to a certain extent with code. I've always wondered > > > what the possibilities would be if someone applied themselves to > > > making not just a website which is merely accessible with a screen > > > reader- but something that is truly enjoyable for a blind person to > > > use. > > > > > > Since I have never needed to use software using a screenreader, I > > > don't know how easy or difficult it is to use software like flash to > > > do something like this. But if you figure you are up to the challenge, > > > I would be very interested in the results of creating an audio > > > website. > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
