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From: priti Rohra
Date: Dec 18, 2012 1:27AM

Hi All,

Screen readers inform user about end of page by pressing "Ctrl + End"
keystroke, a keystroke common for all screen readers running on
Windows. Visually impaired users can understand by reading the
content, where the article ended or main content ended. I feel we
shouldn't stretch Accessibility to areas that will require developers
to add extra lines of code for things that can be handled by ATs and
users themselves.

This are purely my views...

Regards,
Priti Rohra


On 12/18/12, Pradip Chandra Sikdar < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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.
> Regards,
> Pradip Chandra Sikdar
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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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