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Re: how screen readers navigate by headline

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From: Will Grignon
Date: Sep 2, 2011 2:48PM

Why would the H2 and H3 headings get confused?

A screen reader user could either explore the page following the nesting of
headings by typing "1," "2," "3," etc., or simply navigate down through the
headings by using "h" (which would give him the basic layout of the page as
well as the relative values of the formatted headings.