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Re: Excellent paper on how screen reader usersinteractwith webpages

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From: Barry Hill
Date: Apr 11, 2012 11:29PM

Hi all

Although anecdotal, this apparent lack of knowledge of how screen reader
users might more easily navigate an accessible site does seem to support the
need for skip to links.

Also, , for a site dedicated to visual impairment in particular, would it be
judicious to have a link in the access nav keys to a help file on navigation
tips?

If so, would it be useful for it to be invisible ?

My experience of help files and tutorials on the web with such navigation is
that it's pretty overwhelming. I can teach a Jaws screen reader user to
navigate an accessible page with relatively few short cut keys. These are:
Tab; cursor keys; h; p; n; b; t; links list; html features list; and find.

My problem comes with knowing similar short cuts with other screen readers,
although I'm sure I could easily find them with a little research.

Cheers

Barry