[LINK] Inaccessible Flash installer

Ivan Trundle ivan at itrundle.com
Sat Jun 19 09:16:36 AEST 2010


I updated Flash the other day, and thought how horrible Adobe's custom installer was. Didn't realise that it is inaccessible to visually-impaired people.

The installer on both Windows and Mac for Version 10.1 of their Flash player does not work with screen readers.

What is more bizarre is that on the Mac at least, a perfectly good installer is buried in the disk image that is used to deliver the update, and tips are now circulating around the traps to dig into the overall package and find the standard (and perfectly accessible) Mac installer.

Has anyone on Link found a screen reader capable installer for the Windows bundle?

iT



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