Flash, Flex & Captivate Accessibility Resources (Historical)

Flash is now discontinued, but the following information is available for historical reference.

Adobe Flash is a technology used to create multimedia animations, videos, and user interfaces for the web. Adobe Flex and Adobe Captivate are tools that can be used to create Flash-based applications and training slide shows, respectively. It is often possible to make Flash accessible, but it can be difficult. The following resources can help:

Overview

• WebAIM: Creating Accessible Flash Content - further overview from WebAIM

Flash

• Adobe Flash Professional Accessibility - a collection of information from Adobe
• Flash Video Accessibility - instructions and examples of Flash video captioning

Flex

• Adobe Flex Accessibility - a collection of information from Adobe
• Flex Accessibility Tests - examples of accessible and inaccessible Flex applications

Captivate

• Adobe Captivate Accessibility - a collection of information from Adobe
• Accessible Presentations with Adobe Captivate 6 - a review of the accessibility features of Captivate 6