I’ve worked with Adobe Flash for years and never had to develop with screen readers in mind until recently.  Making a swf that would play nice with screen readers was more involved than I’d have imagined.  The challenges included operating systems that disregarded de facto standards, browsers fussy about the embed code used, and what seemed like glaring oversights in Adobe’s own product.  Let me share with you some of my experience in the hope it will make it a little easier for the next guy.

I also want to thank aut0poietic for his help in this little effort. He blazed the trail before me and was kind enough to loan his map.

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