- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1970 06:24:35 +0100
- To: "Craig Hadley" <craig@4thandgoal.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Well, I would judge it the way I do other judging - get a copy of WCAG and see how many things it meets (I don't yet know of a tool that does testing, but there are certainly some criteria that should be automatically testable). Things like being adequately illustrated or using clear text are obvious things to check flash for - and clear consistent navigation... Certainly flash is considered almost indispensable by many people working with intellectual disabilities - Jonathan Chetwynd on this list has worked hard to try and use technologies more familiar to us to do the same things, and ensure accessibilty not just to the target audience but anyone else as well. It is, of course, difficult, and in the end the target audience is the one that usually gets considered more important. There is a company in Australia that uses flash to produce sites - including an authoring interface, keyboard controls, and many other accessibility features. They provide a backup text-based version which is autogenerated. http://www.composmentis.com cheers Chaals On Friday, Jun 27, 2003, at 20:37 Europe/Zurich, Craig Hadley wrote: > So how would one "judge the accessibility" of an all Flash site as the > usual > techniques that one (or at least I) would use are not applicable (Lynx, > source code, etc.)? Is there an automated Flash "accessibility" > checker? Has > Flash evolved enough to be even asking these question in regards to > "Judging > Web Site Accessibility"? And might the usability benefits to the > targeted > users (people with developmental disabilities) be important enough to > consider Flash for ease of use? -- Charles McCathieNevile Fundación Sidar charles@sidar.org http://www.sidar.org
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