Dynamic Accessibility in Flash CS4?

Hi all,
I'm looking for a solution which allows me to use the accessibility feature of Flash dynamically.
I'm totally new at the accessibility, so I'd like any feedback or suggestions to work with accessibility. All documentation I've found so far makes use of the Accessibility panel, which (probably) is not applicable to dynamic content generated by ActionScript. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks for all input at all.
-Cheers
Do

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