Right, they have not done anything to make it accessible on the mac.
You might contactthe site and ask if they have any plans to move to
html5. That's the way of the future, so if they have no plans for this,
they are not keeping up to date with things.
Original message:
Thanks for the info about HTML 5. I wasn't aware of it, or how it could
replace Flash. I only mentioned other screen readers and Windows,
because the reply from Apple said that Adobe had not done anything to
make flash accessible to screen readers. This was not a correct
statement in respect of JAWS and Window Eyes -
Andy
On 27 Sep 2013, at 21:40, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote:
This is more of an adobe problem than a voiceover issue. Windows is a
different platform, and Adobe has made flash somewhat accessible on
that platform, but this has not been done on the mac. Fortunately,
flash is slowly going away and being replaced by html 5 which provides
all of the same features and is much more accessible, hopefully this
site will move to html 5 soon.
Original message:
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
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