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Flash presentations can be made to be accessible -- it takes some
extra work, but is possible.
Dave
At 10:05 PM 1/17/2009, Lisa McManus wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I just had another problem with not being able to use a website,
>discovercard.com, in a certain aspect because it uses flash. I
>talked to a person in web support and they said that you are going
>to see more and more websites use this flash because it is more
>efficient. You can put a larger amount of material in a smaller
>place. I know in the past when contacting gwmicro they said to
>contact the companies that used flash and explain to them that
>screen readers couldn't use it. When I do that for each case I come
>across the people just really don't care. If it is going to become
>more and more common to use flash screen readers are going to be
>left behind so I just see it as an impasse between the screen reader
>companies and the web sites involved. So far for me it has been
>things that I can just do without if I have to, but at some point it
>may be something vital.
>
>I was just wondering if anyone thinks that the screen reader
>companies will do something to make the screen readers be able to
>use flash because otherwise things will just become more and more
>inaccessible.
>
>The situation with discover card was that you could sign up to get
>an alternative credit card number for shopping online so that if a
>merchant is fraudulent they can not charge a whole bunch of things
>to your card. Discover card said that even though I couldn't sign
>up for this alternative credit card number that I would be protected
>against fraudulent charges. So I guess I will be ok without it. It
>is just frustrating to keep finding places with flash.
>
>If anyone has any opinions on whether it will be possible for the
>screen reader companies to come up with something to deal with flash
>I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
>
>Lisa McManus
>
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