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July 03, 2006
Ajax accessibility
Ajax accessibility: Aral Balkan offers a tiny SWF which can tell your JavaScript whether a working text-to-speech screenreader is installed on the current playback system. More info from his weblog: "[An idea for] improving accessibility in Ajax applications by exposing, from a Flash application, the ability to detect whether accessibility features are installed on the user's computer. I had taken this feature for granted and didn't realize that the Ajax world was forced to live without it... FlashAid allows JavaScript to check if accessibility features exist on the user's computer by using a hidden (1 pixel x 1 pixel) Flash application. It requires Flash 8 and should be compatible with every browser supported by ExternalInterface [ie, 'any modern browser']."
Posted by JohnDowdell at July 3, 2006 12:05 PM
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Why not just forget about Ajax and use flash in the first place?
[jd sez: If you're a Flash developer then sure, you wouldn't need to tell your JavaScript what the current playback system can do. But if you've already chosen to use JavaScript for your application, then a little bit of SWF can help your work. Different folks, different strokes.]
Posted by: Jack at July 3, 2006 12:18 PM