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From: Terrill Bennett
Date: Aug 16, 2010 10:18AM

Being relatively new to screen readers (been using JAWS and NVDA for
testing since late March), I am curious to hear from those who live
by their screen readers...

When you come across a web site which has no document structure (i.e.
headings), how does one navigate the site successfully?

Here's a perfect example of where I am having difficulty
understanding the task:

http://www.ada.gov/publicat.htm#Anchor-14210

Obliviously, the above page must be "accessible!" (Yes, I have
learned being accessible according to Section 508 / WCAG 1.0 Level 1
isn't the same thing as being useful or friendly).

Using NVDA, I noticed there are items in block quotes and used "q" to
move between them, but for the most part that doesn't seem to be very
effective - I may as well follow the links. Using either block quote
or link navigation misses most of what is important on the page.

In JAWS, I tried using the "s" (next same element) but that doesn't
seem to honor the elements style or formatting, and mostly goes to
the next paragraph and / or link.

A penny for your thoughts.

-- Terrill --
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."
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