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From: Cheryl Kirkpatrick
Date: Oct 22, 2003 10:04AM

Melanie,
Someone that does not have good muscle control with an illness like Cerebral
Palsy can be unable to use a mouse. Having to tab through a number of links can
be time consuming and frustrating. The very act of hitting the tab key can be
very difficult also. I have a good friend with advanced arthritis. She can not
use a mouse and finds typing difficult and painful. She types with a pencil.
Being able to use a skip navigation link is very helpful to her.

Cheryl

"Zwack, Melanie" wrote:

> Can you give me an example of what you mean by that? Thanks!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Gunderson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:29 AM
> To: ' <EMAIL REMOVED> '
> Subject: RE: good example
>
> The skip navigation is needed by more than screen reader users. People
> with physicaly disabilities using only the keyboard also would like to
> skip navigation bars. Hiding the skip navigation feature does not help
> people with
> physical disabilities.
>
> Jon Gunderson
> UIUC
>
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Zwack, Melanie wrote:
>
> >
> > Our site has a good example of skip navigation:
> > http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/statelocal/index.html
> >
> > If you mouse over to the right of the seal, you can see the skip
> navigation
> > (It's only 1 pixels wide sliver of the mast so it might be difficult to
> > see), and if you link on this it will bring you right below the buttons of
> > the main mast. This works well with a screen reader --
> >
> > By the way, if you call Jaws (Freedom Scientific), they also may have some
> > ideas for you --
> >
> > Melanie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cheryl Kirkpatrick [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:08 AM
> > To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > Subject: Re: good example
> >
> >
> > We are going to do both. Unfortunately, ones encountering problems are
> easy
> > to
> > find. I do have some good examples but have not found one that I think is
> > the
> > shining example. One thing I am looking for is a visual "skip navigation".
> > It
> > seems that even the good sites are hiding that.
> >
> > Cheryl
> >
> > Jeff Finlay wrote:
> >
> > > > At the South Carolina Library Association conference, I am
> > > > moderating a session on accessibility in which we will have a blind
> user
> > > > demonstrating JAWS. Can anyone recommend an especially good library
> Web
> > > > site to use for the demonstration?
> > >
> > > Did you want to use one that shows JAWS working well or encountering
> > > difficulties?
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
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> > Cheryl Kirkpatrick
> > Web Administrator
> > South Carolina State Library
> > http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/
> > Telephone: 803.734.5831
> >
> >
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Cheryl Kirkpatrick
Web Administrator
South Carolina State Library
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