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From: Pradip Chandra Sikdar
Date: Dec 17, 2012 7:57PM

just a note, if you use "Nuance Talks" a screen reader for Symbian
mobile devices, you will see that, it reports "END PAGE" when the page
ends. so, I think, it can be implemented by the screen reader itself.
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On 12/18/2012 5:07 AM, Léonie Watson wrote:
> Greg Gamble wrote:
> "Is it necessary to have some type of notification that a screen reader has
> reached the end of a page? I've noticed using NVDA that it continues into
> the browser status bar and on. Is this a problem? If so, how do you notify
> the reader that it has reached the page end? Google not much help on this."
>
> No, this isn't a problem. The experience is pretty much the same for sighted
> and blind people. When you hit the browser chrome (either visually or
> aurally), you know you've reached the bottom of the page. No need for any
> specific warnings or authoring practices.
>
> Léonie.
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> Is it necessary to have some type of notification that a screen reader has
> reached the end of a page? I've noticed using NVDA that it continues into
> the browser status bar and on. Is this a problem? If so, how do you notify
> the reader that it has reached the page end? Google not much help on this.
>
> Greg Gamble
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