The facility to detect some Assistive Technology by using Flash has been around since ActionScript 1.0 and Flash Player 6. The method has usually been referred to as a way to ‘detect screen readers’. Unfortunately this method, using the ActionScript Accessibility.isActive method, is not a ’screen reader’ detector.
The accessibility of the date-time Microformat - Mike Davies revisits the issue as a result of heated words with Jeremy Keith, brought on inadvertently by Steve Faulkner’s presentation at the Abilitynet Accessibility 2.0 conference.
A public IRC channel for developers to talk about ARIA has been set up. Join in public discussions about WAI-ARIA at #wai-aria channel (irc.w3.org).
On April 3, the Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) presented its report to the Access Board on updating accessibility criteria for information and communication technologies.
Bare-naked Flash: Dispelling myths and building bridges - Aral Balkan’s presentation notes on Flash accessibility, amongst other things.