Jim,

I visited this web site with JAWS 4.5 and Window-Eyes 4.2 with the most
recent Flash 6 player installed.  Most of the buttons had names and I
suspect this is about as good as the site would get unless the developer
specifically coded for Flash accessibility.  I'm told that the Flash 6 tries
to find names for all buttons, but much like a PDF file that's not
specifically coded with accessibility tags, the legacy material is a bit hit
and miss.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Rebman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: "invisible" .swf buttons and screen readers


> Kelly,
>
> The site I most recently encountered is:
>
> http://www.solarenergy.org
>
> Others have checked it out with newer screen readers and didn't see
> any improvement over what I got so I am assuming that they are using
> older Flash/ShockWave technology.
>
> -- Jim