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From: Angela French
Date: Apr 2, 2015 11:55AM

Can anyone tell me please, what the screen reader support is these days for the html5 <section> and <article> elements?

We are coding for a redesign of our new site, and wondering about the use of heading levels within these elements. Rather than just one h1 heading on a page, in some instances it may support the content to have more than one. But if <section> and <article> aren't widely supported yet, I'm hesitant to go this route.

Does the article tag require the use an h1 heading within it, or can it start with a lower level heading level?

How big a difference do the addition of <section> and <article> actually make in content comprehension for screen reader users?

Thank you so much!



Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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