Re: [orca-list] A support of flash application

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis googlemail com>]

On 25/5/09 17:39, Jacob Schmude wrote:

> I think our best chance is to make some of the open source Flash
> alternatives, such as Gnash and Swfdec, interact with the accessibility
> frameworks such as at-spi or communicate withe the Dom in Firefox. Since
> the code for these is open, someone more knowledgable than myself about
> Firefox could probably do this. The downside, however, is that they are
> not up to par in compatibility with some Flash applications as of yet,
> and might never be due to Adobe holding back parts of the specification.

As far as I know, the specification for Flash is now open such that even 
player implementers can use it. Previously, they were forbidden from 
using it and Gnash was built using cleanroom reverse engineering.

> Still, in light of a sudden turn-around in the attitude of Adobe, I
> think it's the best chance we've got for Flash accessibility on
> non-Windows platforms.

I agree the best immediate hope would be to add support for the Flash 
Accessibility class to Gnash:

http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?105660

> Bare in mind that this is far from a GNOME-only
> problem, Adobe has no desire to make Flash on the Macintosh accessible
> either, at least from the replies I've been sent.

Yep.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis