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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