- From: jeffrey Pledger <jpledger@pop.mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:13:15 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, Lubow Scott <lubow_scott@bah.com>
- Cc: w3c <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Charles & others on the list, Macromedia's webcast on June 13 discussing issues of accessibility can be found on our web site at www.abletv.net. Go and listen/watch what Macromedia had to say on these issues. Jeffrey Pledger President, AbleTV, Inc. At 10:09 AM 8/9/01 -0400, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >Compliant to what? > >As far as I know there are no screen readers that have access to Flash >objects, so the best that can be done is whatever is provided by the >alternative version of the content. I may be wrong, and I believe that >Macromedia are working on Flash so that new players will provide direct >access at some point and new content will be able to include the required >information for it to be accessible. But for timelines and so on you would >need to ask Macromedia. > >cheers > >Charles McCN > >On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Lubow Scott wrote: > > Are there any websites that have examples of Flash that are compliant > and can be read by a screen reader. > Thanks in advance. > Scott > > > >-- >Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 >134 136 >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 >258 5999 >Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia >(or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, >France)
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