Articles

June 2007

Accessible Training Using the Flash CS3 FLVPlayback Captioning Component

This article discusses how to add captioning to your Flash training application using the Flash CS3 FLVPlayback Captioning Component.

How to Create a Section 508 Compliant Slideshow in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

This three part tutorial will show how to create an accessible, Section 508 compliant slideshow in Flash CS3 Professional that takes advantage of the slide screen that is built into Flash. We will be using ActionScript 2, the FLV playback component, and the FLV playback custom UI buttons.

How to Create an Accessible Audio On/Off Toggle in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

The principles that you will learn in this tutorial will enable you to control Flash video, or audio being delivered as an FLV file. The methods used here integrate well with Flash's screens component and can thus act as the audio controller for a slideshow using navigation cue points.

May 2007

Seamless Tabbing in Flash

This article covers an accessibility flaw in the Adobe Flash development environment where the user, who is accessing the movie using the tab key, can tab into the movie but cannot tab out again.

Web-based Training Using Flash Video with Closed Captioning

This tutorial is based on a conversion project that required converting a DVD to web-based training.

Using Adobe LiveCycle Designer to Create an Interactive Evaluation Form

This article discusses how to create accessible, Section 508 compliant PDF forms for evaluating your online courses.