Comments on: Make Flash accessible to screen readers in transparent window mode http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/ CSS Toys for Professional Web Developers Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Class Equals Screen Reader Info at Advanced CSS Design Resources - last-child.com http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27460 Class Equals Screen Reader Info at Advanced CSS Design Resources - last-child.com Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:18:47 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27460 [...] I’ve written earlier about how Yahoo! Tech used a hidden collection of links to replicate an inaccessible flash movie. In a nutshell: screen readers cannot see a flash movie that has wmode:transparent. To get around this, we duplicated the flash content and moved it off-screen for screen readers and search engines. [...] [...] I’ve written earlier about how Yahoo! Tech used a hidden collection of links to replicate an inaccessible flash movie. In a nutshell: screen readers cannot see a flash movie that has wmode:transparent. To get around this, we duplicated the flash content and moved it off-screen for screen readers and search engines. [...]

]]> By: Hugo http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27411 Hugo Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:42:25 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27411 I understand what you've done, it's just that the title of the article should more accurately describe that. Something like "Getting around Flash accessibility issues with transparent wmode by using hidden alternate content" for example. Have you considered the implications of this method for a sighted person using keyboard navigation? They will tab off the screen... I understand what you’ve done, it’s just that the title of the article should more accurately describe that. Something like “Getting around Flash accessibility issues with transparent wmode by using hidden alternate content” for example. Have you considered the implications of this method for a sighted person using keyboard navigation? They will tab off the screen…

]]> By: Ted http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27397 Ted Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:36:08 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27397 Hi Hugo Unfortunately, you can't make the flash movie available to screen readers when it is in wmode:transparent. That is why we did the work around. Wmode:transparent tells the screenreader the flash movie is irrelevant and should be ignored. Whatever you do to the flash movie's accessibility is irrelevant. This isn't a bug, it's a feature that lets screen readers know that a file is fluff and can be passed by. Hi Hugo

Unfortunately, you can’t make the flash movie available to screen readers when it is in wmode:transparent. That is why we did the work around. Wmode:transparent tells the screenreader the flash movie is irrelevant and should be ignored. Whatever you do to the flash movie’s accessibility is irrelevant.

This isn’t a bug, it’s a feature that lets screen readers know that a file is fluff and can be passed by.

]]> By: Hugo http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27396 Hugo Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:18:15 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-27396 The title of this article is misleading. Any ideas on how to make Flash accessible in transparent window mode? The title of this article is misleading. Any ideas on how to make Flash accessible in transparent window mode?

]]> By: My corner of the Internet » Blog Archive » Some help working around wmode:transparent issue http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-15773 My corner of the Internet » Blog Archive » Some help working around wmode:transparent issue Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:44:32 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-15773 [...]  ljromanoff has posted a link to a blog post about how yahoo worked around the wmode:transparent issue [...] [...]  ljromanoff has posted a link to a blog post about how yahoo worked around the wmode:transparent issue [...]

]]> By: I’m an antidote to bad gay sites at post-next -Ted Drake’s standards-based web development http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-113 I’m an antidote to bad gay sites at post-next -Ted Drake’s standards-based web development Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:09:32 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-113 [...] We tried to make Yahoo! Tech as accessible as possible. User-testing with Victor Tsaran, Yahoo’s accessibility guru led us to make many small and large changes to the code. I’ve written one article about how we made our home page flash movie accessible and have two more on the way about our comparison tables and how we are displaying our ratings and reviews. [...] [...] We tried to make Yahoo! Tech as accessible as possible. User-testing with Victor Tsaran, Yahoo’s accessibility guru led us to make many small and large changes to the code. I’ve written one article about how we made our home page flash movie accessible and have two more on the way about our comparison tables and how we are displaying our ratings and reviews. [...]

]]> By: Ruben http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-37 Ruben Sun, 28 May 2006 15:20:44 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-37 you don´t know flash object, try use flash object. http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ you don´t know flash object, try use flash object.

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

]]> By: Pig Pen - Web Standards Compliant Web Design Blog » Blog Archive » Accessible Flash At Yahoo! Tech http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-31 Pig Pen - Web Standards Compliant Web Design Blog » Blog Archive » Accessible Flash At Yahoo! Tech Wed, 17 May 2006 01:43:10 +0000 http://www.last-child.com/make-flash-accessible-to-screen-readers-in-transparent-window-mode/#comment-31 [...] Accessible Flash At Yahoo! Tech is an interesting article. [...] [...] Accessible Flash At Yahoo! Tech is an interesting article. [...]

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