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Re: Flexbox layout ordering and tabbing order

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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)