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Re: why don't accessibility checkers find non-distinguishable links?

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Dec 2, 2016 9:32AM

> For screen reader users who are navigating by links, this presentation is perhaps (at most) slightly better:

Perhaps an aria-describedby approach is best because it is generally announced on tab and not on arrows in browse mode and announced after the normal link text and doesn't clutter the virtual view or visual presentation.

Jonathan

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 11:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] why don't accessibility checkers find non-distinguishable links?

Jon Brundage wrote:

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> So this would be acceptable?

For screen reader users who are navigating by links, this presentation is perhaps (at most) slightly better:

<href>2015 documents privacy</href>
<href>2015 documents security</href>
<href>2016 documents privacy</href>
<href>2016 documents security</href>

... but this presentation is notably worse for everyone else (including for screen reader users reading through the page). So which should you favor? I can't answer that, but I'm not really comfortable with an accessibility technique that decreases usability for more users than it benefits.

Jared