Adobe Flash Professional CC 2014 v.13.0 - Manual (Page 938)

Description Lets you enter a description of the object to the screen reader. The screen reader reads this description.
Shortcut Describes keyboard shortcuts to the user. The screen reader reads the text in this text field. Entering keyboard shortcut text here does
not create a keyboard shortcut for the selected object. You must provide ActionScript keyboard handlers to create shortcut keys.
Tab Index (Adobe® Flash® Professional only) Creates a tab order in which objects are accessed when the user presses the tab key. The tab
index feature works for keyboard navigation through a page, but not for screen reader reading order.
For more information, see the Flash Professional Accessibility web page at www.adobe.com/go/learn_flash_accessibility_en/ .
For a tutorial about accessible content, see Create Accessible Flash Content on the Flash Tutorials page at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_tutorials .
For a sample of accessible rich media content, see the Flash Samples page at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_samples . Download and decompress
the Samples zip file and navigate to the Accessibility\AccessibleApplications folder to access the sample.
Selecting names for buttons, text fields, and entire SWF applications
Use the Accessibility panel in the following ways to assign names to buttons and input text fields so that the screen reader identifies them
appropriately:
Use the auto label feature to assign text adjacent or in the object as a label.
Enter a specific label in the Accessibility panel name field.
Flash Professional automatically applies the name that you place on top of, in, or near a button or text field as a text label. Labels for buttons
must appear within the bounding shape of the button. For the button in the following example, most screen readers would first read the word
button, then read the text label Home. The user can press Return or Enter to activate the button.
A form might include an input text field where users enter their names. A static text field, with the text Name appears next to the input text
field. When Flash Player discovers such an arrangement, it assumes that the static text object serves as a label for the input text field.
For example, when the following part of a form is encountered, a screen reader reads “Enter your name here.”
A. Static text B. Input text field
In the Accessibility panel, turn off automatic labeling if it is not appropriate for your document. You can also turn off automatic labeling for
specific objects in your document.
Provide a name for an object
You can turn off automatic labeling for part of an application and provide names for the objects in the Accessibility panel. If you have automatic
labeling turned on, you can select specific objects and provide names for the objects in the Name text field in the Accessibility panel so that the
name is used instead of the object text label.
When a button or input text field doesn’t have a text label, or when the label is in a location that Flash Player can’t detect, you can specify a name
for the button or text field. You can also specify a name if the text label is near a button or text field, but you don’t want that text to be used as that
object’s name.
In the following example, 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 the screen reader does not read it.
To correct this situation, open the Accessibility panel, select the button, and enter the name and description. 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.
(This information generally applies to all objects.) For information on how ActionScript handles instance names and variable names in text fields,
see About text field instance and variable names in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash at
www.adobe.com/go/learn_cs5_learningas2_en .
Specify a name and description for a button, text field, or entire SWF application
1. Do one of the following:
To provide a name for a button or text field, select the object on the Stage.
To provide a name for an entire Flash Professional application, deselect all objects on the Stage.
2. Select Window > Other Panels > Accessibility.
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