On 26/03/2008, at 11:30 PM, Steve Green wrote:
No it can't. Flash content that is embedded using techniques such as
UFO and
SWFObject is not visible to screen readers - they don't even know it's
there. If the content is important, you need to provide an accessible
alternative.
If you're going
it is common
to hide it off-screen or behind the Flash content.
Steve
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Behalf Of Dory
Sent: 26 March 2008 06:25
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML
web
Thank you--
It looks like we are going with the SWFObject 2.0 static method.
The http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay article was also
helpful in that it explained the process.
Do you know if the alternative content can be picked up by a text reader?
Thank you,
Dory
On Mon, Mar 24, 20
use javascript to insert the flash, which will also auto activate the
flash in IE and do some flash player detection
something like swfobject would do the trick
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Mahendran Venkatesan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Dory,
>
> You
Hi Dory,
You can use '*object*' tag for embedding flash files.
Refer this link: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay
Thanks!
Venkatesan M
On 3/25/08, Dory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently working on a site that has a small flash file for
> decorative purposes.
Hello,
I am currently working on a site that has a small flash file for decorative
purposes. I inherited the site and want to make it web standards compliant.
The problem: the XHTML code in the site is using the embed tag for the
flash. Is there a way to place swf files into a XHTML webpage that w