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Re: End of page notification

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Dec 17, 2012 4:33PM

Devi Chagnon wrote:
"1) the screen reader not recognizing the </body> tag (the end of the entire webpage) and continuing to read browser status bar, etc."

This really isn't a problem.

When a screen reader recognises the end of the document it moves tab focus into the browser chrome, and eventually loops focus back around to the top of the document. This is expected behaviour in all screen readers.

There are key commands for moving focus directly to the bottom of the document, and when using a "say all" command a screen reader stops talking at the bottom of the page. . I believe all screen readers do this, but if one doesn't it's a flaw with the screen reader and not an authoring issue.