Wow. Thanks so much for this; probably wait till this weekend so I can set aside a block of time to try this! I did write to the developer, but did not know what to suggest as an alternative to Flash. Are there any resources I could send him? Thanks.
Christine On Mar 28, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Christine, > > I modified the subject line to separate this out from your Garageband > question. Flash is largely inaccessible using VO and I've pasted some details > about that at the bottom of this message. But first, here's a method you > might find helpful when attempting to access those flash elements on the > Irish Gaelic language lesson website. These tips came from other listers in > the past, as we all eventually bump up against the inaccessible Flash content > issue at some point. This workaround assumes you either have Mouse Keys > turned on (Press the Option key 5 times quickly to toggle mousekeys) or you > have a mouse or trackpad attached to your Mac and have the trackpad commander > toggled off (VO + Rotor on the trackpad). > 1. Install Flash Player. > 2. Install the Safari ClickToFlash extension as mentioned in my previous > email. > 3. Restart Safari. > 4. Go to your website: http://bitesizeirish.com > 5. Navigate to the "Demo" link and press VO Space. > 6. Navigate to the free demo lesson and press VO Space. > 7. Press Command + Control + A to tell Click To Flash to load all flash > elements on the current screen. > 8. Navigate to item one in the demo lesson. > 9. Press VO - Command - F5 to route the mouse cursor to the VO cursor. (Note > -- Add the Fn key to that combo if using a macbook). > 10. Use your Mouse Keys, trackpad or mouse to move the mouse cursor just > slightly to the left until you hear VO announce "Empty scroll area." This > means your mouse pointer is on the flash Play button. CLick your mouse or > trackpad to activate the play button and you should hear the pronunciation. > Repeat steps 8, 9 & 10 for each item in the lesson. > > As far as true accessibility of Flash Player under Mac OS, Adobe announced > one year ago that they would be implementing accessibility in the next major > release of Flash Player across Mac, Linux and Windows platforms. That major > release has yet to see the light of day and Adobe has given no ETA. Here's > their blog on the subject and you can add a comment to the blog if you so > desire. > http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2010/03/flash_player_and_flex_support.html > > Also, you might consider contacting the developers of the Gaelic lessons > website to ask if they could change from flash or add an accessible > alternative. > > HTH, > Bryan > > On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: >> I was able to read the numbers, but there are supposed to be buttons to play >> so that you can hear the pronunciation. Were you able to use those? >> P.S. For material which requires Flash, is there anything we Mac users can >> use to access such material? It seems like a rather large audience to ignore. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
