[nfbcs] Making Flash Accessible?

[Mike Freeman]

Everett:

Flash can be made accessible but it must be done when writing the Flash content, that is, at the programming level, not at the user level.  Hence, there's no way you can access the content till the underlying site programming is changed.



Mike Freeman
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On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:58 AM, "Everett Gavel" <everett at everettgavel.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know if there's yet ways to make Flash accessible? I'm unclear
> on the latest with this particular point of access.  So I'm asking for help,
> thoughts, suggestions, etc.  The version I'm trying to access says it's,
> "Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.26."  It's not at all audible that I've found.
> Says it's a slideshow.  What does one have to do to get the text shown on
> such a visual platform, in readable text or HTML or something?  Is it
> possible to transfer such a slideshow to a PDF or something, and then save
> that as a text version?  It'd be nice, wouldn't it?  ;-)
> 
> I paid over $300 for this training, and they said a year-and-a-half ago that
> it was supposedly accessible.  Still, to this point, it's not.  I've been
> letting it slide due to other concerns, but can and want to work on this
> point of access and accessible training now.  It's an organization, a
> training facility, that offers tons of potential to those who are blind - if
> we could access their various training programs better!  I don't want to go
> public with naming them, yet.  If anyone is interested in helping, feel free
> to contact me offlist and let me know, and we can talk.  
> 
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and help with this. 
> 
> 
> Strive On-Towards Greater Accessibility & Opportunity!
> Everett
> 
> 
> Everett Gavel
> Successful Adaptations, llc
> "Making the World (Wide Web) A More Accessible Place!" 
> everett at everettgavel.com
> (330) 604-5750
> 
> 
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