BarrierBreak launches “BCAT” – A tool to create Accessible Flash based Elearning course
January 5, 2009
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 9:49 pm No Comments
Filed under: Assistive Technologies,Authoring Technologies,Developing Technologies,Elderly,Flash,Hearing,Learning,Mobility,Visual
Right to education is universal. Education has evolved from blackboard to keyboard. Elearning has broken the geographical barriers and made it possible for people to access knowledge with ease and convenience. Despite the benefits offered by Elearning, it is not possible for students with special needs to access Elearning courses. Students using assistive technologies can....
Importance of ‘Help’ for Accessibility
April 4, 2008
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:18 pm No Comments
Filed under: Flash
Although the topic seems small, ‘Help Screen’ plays an important role in making any application accessible/usable. In our typical developer role we create all the fantastic things in an application, we provide keyboard shortcuts, alternative text for images, descriptions for buttons and images, various ways of handling different things in the course etc… but we....
Accessibe Flash – Is this possible?
March 24, 2008
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 6:50 pm No Comments
Filed under: Flash
I’ve just come back from CSUN, 2008 and again had the same thoughts through most of my meetings. Mos people didnt even think that flash could be made accessible. I was sitting there and wondering why is this the case? Accessible Flash is surely a possibility and actually is not as painful as most people....
JAWS keystrokes with Accessible Flash
February 21, 2008
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 5:50 pm No Comments
Filed under: Flash
I’ve listed down the common keystrokes which JAWS users use to work with flash. We can also use these for testing flash for accessibility. These keystrokes are available for JAWS 7.0 and above to work with Flash player 8.0 and above. JAWS keystrokes for Flash Keystroke Description ARROW keys To read the text CTRL +....
Accessibility support for Flash in Firefox
December 5, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 11:15 am No Comments
Filed under: Flash
Using accessible Flash in Firefox is now possible. Adobe has launched new flash player version 9,0,115,0 which has MSAA support for Firefox. I don’t know the exact results of it with flash. But, I hope it will be consistent like IE or even better. Download new flash player. peace,....
Testing Flash for Accessibility
November 30, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 11:55 am No Comments
Filed under: Flash
When it comes to flash testing, due to the substantial changes happening in the movie there is some sort of uncertainty in the results. After testing the same application several times, you will come to know that the results are varying in certain parameters. Then starts the process of applying alternatives or patching those areas....
Accessible Flash
October 26, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 5:58 pm No Comments
Filed under: Flash
Hi, this is my first post on accessible Flash. To start off, we will not go into the complicated stuff, rather I will introduce you to some basic concepts we should think of while making Flash accessible. Flash offers a great deal of accessibility options to the developers. The main part of accessibility in Flash....
