Hi Michael, If you want specific reasons for why Flash accessibility works in some instances and not in others you are going to have to ask the experts. By that I mean the makers of Jaws and Window-Eyes directly as I don't honestly know the technical reasons for why the accessibility is the way it is. Although, I can give an educated guess.
I have a feeling that the Flash user interface, the way graphical controls are displayed, work differently in a web browser than in a standard lone application. Again, I don't know this for certain, but it would be a logical guess. It is even possible that Adobe helped facilitate access for Flash in web browsers but not in stand alone applications. All I can say for certain is there is probably some logical explanation for why accessibility problems for Flash applications exists, and if you want more information then you are going to have to go to the people who would be in the know. I'm just an average programmer who happens to know a bit about how the accessibility on his computer works, but am not privy to specific details about every technology out there. So I'm afraid you've gotten all the information on this subject you can get out of me. Cheers! On 1/10/15, Michael Gauler <michael.gau...@gmx.de> wrote: > That is sadly true. > But in the case of Flash, I still don't get what the problem is. > When I want to listen to a piece of classical music on a computer, I can use > > Winamp, VLC or Windows Media player. > The user interface of any of the players is different. > But the song remains the same. > No player alters the used instruments or the speed at which they are > played. > The song in this example remains the same. > A flash file should be like a song for this example. > If JAWS or Window Eyes can read a flash file in a web browser, then I'd like > > to know why the same can't be done with the stand alone Flash player > module. > And if Adobe helped making PDF files accessible, then they must also have > done something to make Flash in web pages partially accessible. > If they had done nothing, we would be totally unable to interact with > Flash. > If there some form of allthough limited or partial support exists, the > question would be why it was never expanded to also work with the stand > alone player module. > And please keep in mind that such companies as CodeFactory, allthough they > probably had sighted members, made such active content with their games and > > used a stand alone player module as the main executable program on their > CDs. > The only difference is that they did use Director now known as Adobe > Shockwave. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
