Flash Accessibility, detect screen reader

Question

I'm working on making a SWF application accessible for visually impaired people who use JAWS or Windows Eyes. I installed both JAWS and Windows Eyes demo versions.

When running my swf (locally) in a browser on a html page, Capabilities.hasAccessibility turns out true, but Accessibility.active turns out false, every time - even when checking it after a couple of seconds.

Is it because I am using demo versions or am I just missing out on something like setting a parameter for SWFObject perhaps?

Answer 1

okay I figured it out

1. wmode may not be set to transparent, it will hide the swfobject for screenreaders.

2. swfobject needs to be focused like so:

   swfobject.addLoadEvent(setFocusOnFlash);

   function setFocusOnFlash() { var fl = document.getElementById("loader"); if (fl) { fl.focus(); }

   }