Accessibility Class - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

Accessibility class

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Description
The Accessibility class manages communication with screen readers. Screen readers are a type of
assistive technology for visually impaired users that provides an audio version of screen content.
The methods of the Accessibility class are static—that is, you don't have to create an instance of
the class to use its methods.
To get and set accessible properties for a specific object, such as a button, movie clip, or text field,
use the
_accProps
supports accessibility aids, use
creating accessible content, see
Method summary for the Accessibility class
Method
Accessibility.isActive()
Accessibility.updateProperties()
92 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
ActionScript Language Reference
property. To determine whether the player is running in an environment that
System.capabilities.hasAccessibility
"Accessibility overview"
Description
Indicates whether a screen reader program is active.
Updates the description of objects on the screen for screen
readers.
. For information on
in Using Flash.
CHAPTER 2