Funny you would mention html5, w3c the web accessibility people are
seeking an
engineer to work specifically on html5 access policy. I have the job
description details, so if anyone is interested, I will share them
privately. not sure it is topical enough for a post.
What will motivate more sites to use html5 over flash will take some
consumer education, since I dare say most like the company I am dealing
with, just grab a program off the shelf without thinking. Things will
either have to be the default, or more of an effort must be made to
demonstrate that many suffer via flash.
Karen
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Teresa Cochran wrote:
Even Orca for linux has more flash accessibility than VO. However, I hope to
see flash phased out soon and replaced by the leaner and meaner HTML5. Flash is
inefficient, proprietary, and a resource hog compared to the concept of
building the player into the HTML markup. Just saying. :) I hope to see more
pages using HTML5 so that I can keep using my Mac Mini for all my needs.
Teresa
On Jul 15, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
I think NVDA is the only one then. I just called a jaws user here in town to
ask about his experience and he reported that jaws was unable to read any text
embedded inside flash graphics and he only had minimal access to the player
controls. still, it is worth investigating to see if jaws can do some of the
same stuff. I may have to set up vmware fusion here and install windows and see
what it can do.
-Eric
On Jul 15, 2011, at 2:29 PM, David Eagle wrote:
It should be noted that Flash is accessible on Windows with a
Screenreader. I thought I better mention this because someone inferred
that it wasn't accessible at all with screen readers. In fact, it is
accessible with NVDA screenreader which is free. Lack of Flash
accessibility is one thing that annoys me about the Mac and a big
reason why I still use both Mac and windows.
On 15/07/2011, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Apple not supporting Flash, at least on the Mac, is not true. Its just that
Adobe Flash is no longer pre installed on Macs.
hth
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On Jul 15, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
flash is such a pain mostly because the company never bothered to make it
accessible. unfortunately, there is no screen reader that can readit. as
for apple support, you are correct.
one point, the place you are taking the course from may be violating the
US ADA and you might have legal recourse.
-Eric
On Jul 15, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone send me a simple source that explains why flash is such a
major closed door?
I am *trying* to get access to an on line course, where the audio for the
class would be just as good, especially with what one must pay. even
their order page triggers a forbidden error, so i want to educate the
company if I can that they may be shedding customers this way.
I sort of remember Apple talking about no longer supporting flash, so
that is certainly a start. anything or anywhere else I might send them?
thanks,
Karen
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