Accessibility

Director Article

Mark Fletcher

Mark Fletcher

www.webassist.com
macrofireball.blogspot.com

Created:
4 December 2002
Modified:
16 December 2002
User Level:
Beginner
Products:
Director

Learning new features in Director MX through video tutorials

These movies demonstrate how to use Director MX. To watch any of them, click a movie link at the bottom of the page.

Learning about new accessibility features in Director MX

Director MX allows you to create accessible applications for everyone, including those with disabilities. Build applications that satisfy international guidelines and legal requirements for accessible software.

Because Director MX uses native text-to-speech capabilities within the operating system, you can create accessible self-voicing content that works without screen readers or other cumbersome accessibility technologies. Additionally, using Accessibility behaviors helps you make movies accessible to hearing-impaired users.

In two movies, you learn about the new accessibility features in Director MX and see how to use a Accessibility behavior called Synch Caption to add captions to a Director MX movie.

Integrating with Macromedia Flash MX

Director MX integrates seamlessly with Macromedia Flash MX, streamlining your workflow and helping you create compelling, effective, and rich content both online and offline.

In this movie, you learn how to make changes to Macromedia Flash MX files with Macromedia launch and edit technology.

Exploring the Lingo control

The new Lingo control for Macromedia Flash MX objects helps you streamline your workflow and reduce development time.

In this demonstration, you learn how to store a reference to a Macromedia Flash component within Lingo itself, in a SWF sprite, and then access the methods and properties in that object within Director MX.

Using debugging features

New features and a new layout for Director MX debugging puts everything you need in one convenient place. Learn more in the demonstration movie.

Watching the movies

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About the author

Mark Fletcher is a seasoned Adobe Captivate user who has created Adobe Captivate demonstrations and interaction simulations for a number of world-class companies including WebAssist, Wiley Publishing, Macromedia, and Adobe Systems Inc. At the beginning of 2006, Mark joined the WebAssist.com Corporation team where he is Training Manager. The majority of his time is spent creating elearning content for the WebAssist product range. Mark is also an Adobe Captivate 3 Adobe Certified Expert. Mark has written a number of Adobe Captivate articles and is the author of the Adobe Captivate blog Macrofireball.