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Re: accessibility of this drop down menu

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From: Geof Collis
Date: May 5, 2010 6:18AM

Sorry my JAWS isn't reading all those links so
what you proposed is not valid. My version 10.0 only sees 5 links

At 12:39 AM 5/5/2010, you wrote:
>Here are the results from the Linux text browser ELinks;
>
>[Links are bold;]
>
>Â MEGA Shop: We sell stuff!
>Â Mega Shop
>
>Â Skip navigation
>
>Â *Â Home
>Â Latest news, special deals, and more...
>Â *Â Stuff for him
>
>Â Menswear
>
>Â Shirts, T-shirts, Accessories, More...
>
>Â Gifts
>
>Â Sporting goods, Gadgets, More...
>
>Â Clearance!
>
>Â 40% off all photo accessories this weekend only. Don't miss out!
>
>Â More stuff for him...
>Â *Â Stuff for her
>
>Â Ladieswear
>
>Â Tops, Pants, Skirts, T-shirts, More...
>
>Â Gifts
>
>Â Sporting goods, Gadgets, More...
>
>Â Shop Now for Mother's Day!
>
>Â Earlybird Mother's Day specials. Shop early, save on shipping!
>
>Â More stuff for her...
>Â *Â Stuff for kids
>Â Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
>adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
>incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>Â *Â Stuff for pets
>Â Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
>adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
>incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>Â
><http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/megadropdowns/completed.html>;http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/megadropdowns/completed.htmlÂ
>
>
>You could get much the same visually with the
>WebbIE for Windows text browser;
><http://www.webbie.org.uk/index.htm>;http://www.webbie.org.uk/index.htm
>This will show you fairly accurately what is
>sent to a screen reader to be converted to voice
>so you don't have to guess how to set up a
>scripted screen reader like JAWs. Or you could
>put ear to the
><http://www.nvda-project.org/>;NVDA screen
>reader, a fairly reasonable approximation of
>JAWs rendering without scripting, then you can
>sit back and hear your pages in nearly the same delivery as JAWs.
>
>
>
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