RE: [SEC508] Flash Games test

[shilpi.k@n-syst.com]

Hi Don,
Thanks for the comments
What is the screen resolution you are using? After you posted your  
problem, we tried the same again with JAWS 7.1. We had a problem in  
800x600 and it worked in 1024x768.

Do let me know.

Regards
Shilpi

Quoting "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@ed.gov>:


> I would love to figure out why my Jaws 7.1 wouldn't work with either
> app.  I have the Ignore Flash on web pages checkbox unchecked, so I know
> that's ok.  User error is certainly a possibility, but don't know.
>
> Also, I think I would have liked an edit box in which to type my choice
> instead of having to always go to the letter I wanted.  Not a deal
> breaker but more efficient.
>
> Regarding the focus not going to the right place?  Well, more usability
> than accessibility, but a great idea.  The problem is though, different
> people will want it to be placed in different places. One idea might be
> that if you get the letter wrong, the focus could be placed in the
> middle of the alphabet thus minimizing the keystrokes needed to go to
> any letter up or down.  If one picks a good letter, the focus could jump
> to the word being built so one could immediately hear the results of
> picking the good letter.  After hearing the results of the good letter,
> being able to immediately jump to an edit box to enter another letter
> would be cool.  Again, my opinion only.
>
>
>
>
> Don Barrett
> Section 508 Coordinator
> U.S. Department of Education
> (202)-205-8245
> don.barrett@ed.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu [mailto:sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Sailesh Panchang
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:09 AM
> To: 'Andrew Kirkpatrick'; blindwebbers@yahoo.com; gui-talk@nfbnet.org;
> sec508@trace.wisc.edu
> Subject: RE: [SEC508] Flash Games test
>
> To Net Systems, Andrew et al,
> Good job Net Systems.
> JAWS 7.0 and 7.10 both worked with the applications but 7.0 seemed  to
> be able to read entire text of the instructions unlike 7.10.
> Losing focus  was certainly an issue... after selecting a right/ wrong
> letter the focus should go to the word or to the alphabet following the
> one just selected.
> In 1.1 I liked the output being read first letter is blank, second
> letter is N, etc.
> WinEyes 5.5 worked well but it is unfortunate that the shortcut keys
> defined work only for JAWS.
> With JAWS I also noted that the Home button did not seem to work after
> completing a game and I could not go back to select another category.
> WinEyes did not pose this problem.
> And yes the audio feedback in example 2 is better.
> Andrew I thought the term Rich Internet Applications is used for
> DHTML/AJAX type of applications . A Flash application is not RIA, right?
>
> Sailesh Panchang
> Senior Accessibility Engineer
> Deque Systems Inc. (www.deque.com)
> 11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite #140,
> Reston VA 20191
> Phone: 703-225-0380 (ext 105)
> E-mail: sailesh.panchang@deque.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu [mailto:sec508-admin@trace.wisc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:32 PM
> To: blindwebbers@yahoo.com; gui-talk@nfbnet.org; sec508@trace.wisc.edu
> Subject: [SEC508] Flash Games test
>
> Hi,
> Net Systems Solutions (http://www.n-syst.com) has created a couple of
> versions of a Flash game.  I'm interested in gathering some opinions
> about which version people prefer, and why.  I'll share any results from
> this non-scientific study -- the general idea behind this is that rich
> internet applications are challenging to make accessible, in part
> because we need better information about what screen reader and keyboard
> users prefer.
>
> Example 1.1: http://www.n-syst.com/hangman1.htm
> Example 1.2: http://www.n-syst.com/Hangman2.html
>
> I wrote this up on Adobe's Accessibility Blog - feel free to send
> comments to this list or add comments to the Blog entry.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2006/08/two_accessible_flash_games_
> whi.html
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Corporate Accessibility Engineering Lead Adobe Systems
> akirkpatrick@adobe.com
>
>
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