Strategy: Keyboard access to flash audio player

8 Keywords: Flash, Keyboard Use, Shortcut Keys, Hot Keys, Keyboard Shortcuts, RSI, Visual Impairment, Blind

jw media player web page"I made the JW player accessible because I thought it would help a lot of people like myself be able to access the controls from the keyboard without having to switch to the mouse."

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I have used Javascript to provide a text alternative that rescales as browser zoom magnification is used. The LexDis project has used the JW FLV Player because it allows us to add audio files to web pages. It can be used with free rich text editors, such as those seen on many websites, that also allow for text to be added to web pages without using HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

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"I find keyboard use is faster, certainly if you are an accomplished computer user you can do a lot of things faster than with a mouse, just because of the mechanics of it."

- Andy L

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