Today, Apple posted its thoughts on Adobe Flash, and the reasons why it has not been included on the company’s line of mobile de ices, such as the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The piece is well reasoned and clearly presented, although it is interesting that the biggest reason to VoiceOver users not wanting Flash on these devices is not raised. That is, of course, that Adobe has yet to provide accessibility for Flash on any of Apple’s platforms. Indeed, Flash continues to be inaccessible when used on Mac OS X or to build native iPhone applications with Adobe’s CS5 product. By adopting open standards like HTML 5, VoiceOver users have a much better chance of enjoying increased accessibility to rich media content across the Internet.

Last month, Adobe promised Flash and Flex accessibility for Mac OS X in the future, though by all accounts that is at least eighteen months away. Applications currently available for the iPhone that were developed using Adobe’s Flash to iPhone app technology are inaccessible with VoiceOver.