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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 5, 2013 10:47AM


Hello,

I have noticed that our page editors (who use Contribute) often leave empty heading tags as they add/delete new things to a page. They have no idea they are doing this of course. Are these perceived by screen readers so as to be a pain in the rear?

The same goes for <p>&nbsp;</p> to create empty space on the page. It is my understanding these are not perceived.

If empty headings are perceived, but paragraphs are not, why is that?

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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