[nfbcs] Flash movie buttons

[Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO]

Hi Everyone,

How can flash be coded so it is accessible? We at U.S.D.A. are embarking on the use of S A P.



Susie Stanzel

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From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Flash movie buttons

Yes; the Flash code on the sites must be specially written.

Mike Freeman
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On Feb 1, 2012, at 22:19, "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> I have JAWS 13, and I am still experiencing the unlabeled buttons, or they are just labeled with numbers.
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>> One further thought: I haven't tried JAWS 13's OCR engine on such a site.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:57 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Flash movie buttons
>> 
>> Nadia, I totally agree.  The more people "upgrade" their websites, the
>> worse access gets.  Not sure what to do about it, though.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>>> I have no idea but I am having the same thing with flash. The more
>>> websites upgrade they are down grading access to the website, unless I
>>> am missing something big here? Any ideas I use jaws 12 and it seems to
>>> be more of a prob when people start making their websites look nice.
>>> As a website hobbyist is there any way you can lable that or just stay
>>> away from flash?
>>> 
>>> On 2/1/12, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi guys.
>>>> I have been trying to buy something from an online store where I've
>>>> bought
>>>> stuff before, but this time the Add to Cart button is inside a flash
>>>> movie
>>>> box, (and is unlabeled) and I haven't been able to click it.  I've tried
>>>> the insert-control-enter, enter, space, and Jaws mouse click.  I also
>>>> tried it with NVDA, but nothing works.  Is there a way to click a flash
>>>> movie button?
>>>> 
>>>> Actually, this is a similar problem as I have with my employer's
>>>> mandated
>>>> training.  It's all in flash, and I can't even go to the next screen.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Tracy
>>>> 
>>>> 
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