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Re: can screenreader user please test expanding content?

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From: Tania
Date: Apr 7, 2011 8:21PM

normally as a screenreader user, after hitting enter on a link and nothing
seem to happen, i would arrow down to check whether there were new text.

if you had indicated that hitting enter on a link would open additional info
just before the links would be great.

rgds
tania

----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] can screenreader user please test expanding content?


> Thank you Birkir. In your opinion is it problematic that the JAWS user
> doesn't realize that the new text has been revealed? In other words, is
> this expanding text just a display technique that is convenient for
> sighted users, but has little if no impact on screen reader users? If the
> "hidden" text is available to you, does it matter that it was hidden until
> the link was clicked on? In other words, how transparent is it to you that
> this expanding content block is even being used? Also, I'm wondering, I
> have read in the past that not all screen readers support display:none ,
> or that this may be a configuration issue on your end. Is the block of
> text that is styled display:none really unavailable to you until you
> click on the linked <h2> headline, or can you just skip by the linked
> headline and read the copy that follows?
>
> Angela
>
>