MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual page 362

For example, in the following figure, the text that describes the button appears outside and to the
right of the button. In this location, Flash Player does not detect the text, and it is not read by the
screen reader.
To rectify this, open the Accessibility panel and select the button and enter the desired name (for
example, "left arrow") and description (for example, "Go to previous page") in the Name and
Description text boxes, respectively. To prevent repetition, make the text object inaccessible.
Note: An object's accessibility name is unrelated to the ActionScript instance name or ActionScript
variable name associated with the object. For information on how ActionScript handles instance
names and variable names in text fields, see "About text field instance and variable names" in Using
ActionScript in Flash. (This information generally applies to all objects.)
To specify a name and description for a button, text field, or entire Flash application:
Do one of the following:
1.
To provide a name for a button or text field, select the object on the Stage.
To provide a name for an entire Flash application, deselect all objects on the Stage.
Do one of the following:
2.
Select Window > Properties if the inspector is not visible. In the Property inspector, click
the Accessibility button.
Select Window > Other Panels > Accessibility.
In the Accessibility panel, make sure that the Make Object Accessible (for buttons or text fields)
3.
or Make Movie Accessible (for entire Flash applications) option is selected (the default setting).
Enter a name for the button, text field, or Flash application in the Name text box.
4.
Enter a description for the button, text field, or Flash application in the Description text box.
5.
To define accessibility for a selected object in a Flash application:
Select the object on the Stage and do one of the following:
1.
Select Window > Properties if the inspector is not visible. In the Property inspector, click
the Accessibility button.
Select Window > Other Panels > Accessibility.
In the Accessibility panel, do one of the following:
2.
Select Make Object Accessible (the default setting) to expose the object to screen readers
and to enable other options in the panel.
Deselect Make Object Accessible to hide the object from screen readers. This disables the
other options in the panel.
362 Chapter 17: Creating Accessible Content