Thank for the information about the WebFormator.  My experience with
specialized readers is that they never catch up.  As quickly as a software
is sold to read an application, the application will be rewritten in an
inaccessible format.  The only sure way to have web accessibility is to make
it the law.

-----Original Message-----
From: Petra Ritter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Alertbox: Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities


Hello,

There is may be another solution for the Flash problem and it free of cost
except the cost for the download of a software

A German company has develop a access product that can read Flash and as far
I can remember it cam stop a site to refresh, too.

Go to http://www.webformator.com/englisch/whatsnew.html and red the
description of the software. If you use a old version of Jaws as your access
software then your are ok with installing the webformator. With other access
software I didn't tray out it.

Petra
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Eadie" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Alertbox: Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities


> Flash accessible?  I hardly think so.  While it is true Flash allows
> marking text labels and such things, the constant updating of even text
> displays is enough to send you over the bend.  I currently found a web
site
> that says hello in several languages, one at a time.  Every time it
changes
> its display, it reloads my voice output software.  The newer voice output
> software has a switch to turn off the Flash in these cases, but if you are
> not rich, again, you are out of luck.  Flash should build in its own
switch
> to turn it off when someone who uses a screen reader wants or needs to use
> the web page.
> ---
> Ross Eadie
> Voice:  (204) 339-5287
>
>