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From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Oct 13, 2015 7:16AM

Sounds like a browser extension that would support keyboard navigation to landmark regions would be helpful. Voice to text technology would help some users if the alt text is intuitive, otherwise a fall back to something like Dragon's grid navigation improves efficiency.

Curious though, what is the purpose of placing the tools/navigation/etc. at the end of the code order instead of where it appears naturally? That way it is only a few clicks from the top of the page and if there is a skip to main link it is possible to bypass those items as well as the rest of top and possibly side navigation. Is this another case of attempting to "help" screen reader users?

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Flexbox layout ordering and tabbing order

On 13/10/2015 13:38, Jonathan Avila wrote:
> 2. When a site contains repeated information such as social media tools, navigation, etc. above an article or page. While skip navigation techniques could be used they may not always be available to all users. Getting past these areas to find the start of real content can be frustrating and time consuming.

Conversely, though, what if a sighted keyboard user *wants* to get to those tools/navigation/etc? They see them right there at the top, but can't get to them until they tab through the rest of the page/article.
As ever, there is no right solution that'll works for all users or situations.

P
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