Demo of JAWS with Flex 2 TabNavigator Control
I wanted to post a quick demonstration (using Adobe Captivate) to show how JAWS interacts with a Flex 2 TabNavigator component. This was a one-off demo - the kind I wish I could do without saying "uh" so often!
Comments
Hey Andrew. The captivate demo doesn't work properly. Firstly there's a JavaScript error because the standard.js file is missing, and secondly the video goes blank after about 1 second.
Posted by: Steve Webster | August 16, 2007 6:21 AM
Andrew - looks promising, obviously effert gone in here as suggested by the jfw scripts however it seems odd that in order to access cutting edge multimedia technology screenreader users must be utilising old software. neither jfw 7 nor msie 6 are current. keeping multiple versions of screenreaders installed isn't that difficult but Browser is a little trickier. will the scripts be updated for msie7 and/or other browsers.
Posted by: Adrian Higginbotham | August 16, 2007 6:21 AM
Steve,
Yikes. It works locally, but only the sound is coming through when posted. I'll fix this morning.
Posted by: Andrew Kirkpatrick | August 16, 2007 8:47 AM
Adrian,
I happen to have IE6 installed, but JAWS and Flex work fine together in IE7 also. JAWS 8 is out, and we are doing final testing for JAWS scripts for that release.
AWK
Posted by: Andrew Kirkpatrick | August 16, 2007 8:49 AM
FYI - the Adobe Captivate file issue from earlier is fixed.
Posted by: Andrew Kirkpatrick | August 16, 2007 6:07 PM
Hi Andrew. Quick question -- does this require tabs to be visually horizontal? With vertical tabs, would the user still use left and right arrow keys, even though the screen elements would be vertical? Or is there some way for the user to know that these tabs are vertical, v. others that might not be? Thanks.
Posted by: Kerri Hicks | August 16, 2007 8:29 PM
Kerri,
The TabNavigator is only horizontal, but you can have a TabBar that is vertical. Right now there is nothing to indicate whether the TabBar but I believe that as with the TabNavigator the right arrow and down arrow both work to move from the first to last tab, and the left and up arrows are similarly linked for moving left or up though a set of tabs.
Posted by: Andrew Kirkpatrick | August 17, 2007 11:08 AM
I think that webstandards and coerent anchors are enough to make a site acessible. People with major disabilities have to disable css styles.
Posted by: Arco Acessibilidade | November 13, 2007 10:56 AM
I would like to borrow the example at http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/assets/tabnavigator.htm
and use it in a presentation. The site of the presentation will not have web access. Would it be possible for you to send me the files? I've tried copying them off the web site and so far haven't gotten the movie to run locally. Thanks.
Posted by: mitch gart | March 17, 2008 7:47 PM