hello.

I have installed this module and while it works very well, I notice that the flash controls are not properly labled. for example, I found out that the first button labled "unlabled2" is actually the play / button. is there a way I can fix this? if not, can you please fix this?

this is critical for those who use a screen reader to access the web, like I do.

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mohammed76’s picture

mohammed76
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Location Muscat
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Title: controls are not probably labled » Flash controls are not properly labled

sorry, fixed typo in the title.

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Everett Zufelt commented

Agreed, users of certain assistive technologies, like screen readers, require accessible titles (names) on Flash UI controls for them to make sense.

Taking this a step further, users of some assistive technology (Mac and Linux) require access to dhtml controls outside of the Flash object, as Adobe has yet to ensure that accessibility information from Flash objects is made available to the platform specific accessibility APIs on these operating systems.

Failure to do this can make your media completely inaccessible to the group of users which relies on these technologies.

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Everett Zufelt commented
Category: task » bug
mohammed76’s picture

mohammed76
Primary language English
Location Muscat
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Title: Flash controls are not properly labled » accessibility of the mediafront player
Priority: Normal » Major

setting up a more discriptive title.

also changing priority because this is a major bug for keyboard and assistive technology users.

any news / tips about this?

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enjoylife commented
Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 7.x-2.x-dev
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Is this still a problem in the 7.x-2.x version? If you could check, I would greatly appreciate it.

mohammed76’s picture

mohammed76
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Location Muscat
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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Active

while buttons now have descriptive labels, there's a problem with the usability. the player would appear to a screen reader for a while then it would become no longer accessible. it's as if it fades away from the buffer. using both NVDA and Jaws.