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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Aug 21, 2009 7:20AM

That is what I was speculating on, Geof.

I thought a screen reader user would identify the page via a search engine
result (page title and meta description) or maybe even via the browser's
title first (again, the page title, and maybe even via the URL itself), to
determine whether the site was appropriate for them. Maybe I am just
perceiving that screen readers deliver content sequentially because of their
focused nature, but I thought screen reading software would provide the most
relevant content 'once' the user had determined if the page was relevant to
their search query. That is why I feel the body should contain content
relevant to the query itself, as opposed to who authors it (that can always
be in the body of course, I must agree, but not at the top of the page).

Some comments or feedback on others thoughts would certainly help. I don't
want to apply nor encourage my view if it is actually detrimental to screen
reader users.

Steven