Everyone's chat is now on cutbacks. And well… 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" <z200...@gmail.com> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > 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" <delig...@aei.ca> >>> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >>> 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: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >>>> 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" <delig...@aei.ca> >>>> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
