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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 1, 2016 4:02PM

The previous heading used to be listed as a valid technique. Then it
was removed.
I don't know why because I think it is perfectly valid.
A sighted user has to look at the heading next ot a list of links, so
why wouldn't it be sufficient for a screen reader user to do the same?



On 12/1/16, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Another technique that is not included as a sufficient technique is using
>> the heading itself as the context for the links, or even the name of the
>> region or landmark in which it's contained. I would like to ask others
>> what their thoughts are about this. If that is deemed sufficient, then you
>> have already satisfied it.
>
> With JAWS you can press JAWSKey+T to read the page title and it will also
> tell you the name of the closest heading above your location without moving
> focus. This same functionality isn't available in other assistive
> technology -- so I believe that lack of broad support caused it to be
> removed as a sufficient technique.
>
> Jonathan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Beranek, Nicholas
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:55 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] advice on page with Non-distinguishable links
>
> Hi Angela,
>
> This is assuming that you are following level AA and not AAA. If you have a
> look at SC 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context), you'll find the following
> sufficient technique: H33: Supplementing link text with the title attribute.
> Therefore, if you add a title attribute to each link and include the year as
> its value, then it will satisfy this success criterion.
>
> Another technique that is not included as a sufficient technique is using
> the heading itself as the context for the links, or even the name of the
> region or landmark in which it's contained. I would like to ask others what
> their thoughts are about this. If that is deemed sufficient, then you have
> already satisfied it.
>
> Nick
>
> --
> Nick Beranek
> Digital Accessibility Team
>
>
> On 11/30/16, 12:39 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Angela French"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm looking for some advice on how we might be able to remedy the
> Non-distinguishable Links errors on a page I'm working on.
>
> The page consists of Year headings and underneath each year is a set of
> links to documents. These documents are titled the same for each year:
>
>
> * Introductions
>
> * Enrollments
>
> * Selected Programs
>
> * Student Progress and Success
>
> * Etc.
>
> This results in numerous link labels that are the same but go to
> different destinations. Short of adding the year to each link label, is
> there another way to handle this? Adding the year would seem to add
> unnecessary visual and aural redundancy.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet/Intranet Specialist
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
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