Accesibility?

[mad_A]

How about a tutorial dealing with making flash accessible? For example - writing from flash to the page the flash is embeded on so a screenreader can read the text of the movie, or implementing full keyboard access?

Another great one would be a method for allowing audio to be switched on and off, but in a way that saves the user from having to download the audio movie if they have selected audio off. I have been trying to do this and it is proving a lot harder then I first thought.

Andy

[Jesse]

You could pass the text from flash to an HTML page using this tutorial:
http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/passing_variables_around/index.shtml

As for the audio, how about making it a seperate swf and asking at theb eginning if they want audio and if they do you load it, else you don't.

Cheers

Jesse

[mad_A]

That's a really handy tutorial, thanks!
As for the audio, that is exactly what I have been doing, the only difference is I want tohe user to be able to decide at any point to stop the audio or start it. I am about to try using a checker movie to check for a variable which will be set by the audio on/off button. If I get it finished soon I will send it in for your tutorial competition!

thanks Jesse,

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[Jesse]

How about using a cookie? I like this tutorial http://www.the-stickman.com/tutorials/f4cookie.shtml . That way they could pick sound once and it would be definitive for future visits.

Cheers

Jesse

[mad_A]

Yeah, I'd thought of using a cookie, but my spec is to have a "zero footprint" method. The checker movie seems to be working. I just need to get more of the audio before I can do some proper testing on it.

I'll get back when I recieve the full audio and let you know if it works. I am about to put another query up about tooltips ...if you get a chance to have a look!

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