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Re: Directions about finding buttons and links on a page

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: May 13, 2016 10:15AM

Hello,
You could say something like "please click the only button on the page
which is green and on the top left of the screen".
This would tell a screen reader user to click the button, but chances are
they already saw the button as they arrowed down through the page to get to
the directions. If the button is labeled correctly, there should not even
need to be instructions for the screen reader user.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:24 AM, Alan Zaitchik < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I have been asked about the following wording that might be used on a web
> page:
> As you navigate through the case study, click the green "Click to listen
> to audio" button in the top left of the screen to listen to the exchange
> between Dr. Greene and Kelsey.
> There is only one button on the page with that label, and the mention of
> "green" and "top left of the screen" is to help the sighted user find the
> button, not to identify it in a list of multiple buttons.
> Is it adequate to identify the button by its label even though additional,
> visual descriptions are included?
> I realize that the button text doesn't include specifics - it doesn't say
> "Click to listen to the exchange between Dr. Greene and Kelsey" even though
> I understand that this would be more desirable, but we may not have control
> over the dynamic generation of the link text at this late point in the
> project, just over the text of the instructions on the page. So my question
> right now is focused on the text of the instructions.
> Thanks for your advice.
> A
>
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