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Re: Object Navigation by a screen reader

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 4, 2018 3:16AM

On 04/11/2018 06:03, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> All,
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> I saw a post here a while ago on a new train of thought for screen readers
> to navigate the web page by objects similar to what Voice-Over does. Does
> anyone have any information on this that I can read to see how or why this
> is the new thinking?
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> As I have some concerns and want to read up before sharing to ensure I am on
> the right thinking.

To clarify: most screenreaders have had different ways to navigate
content (using reading keys, jumping to headings, lists, blocks, etc)
for ages. This is nothing new. The discussion thread here recently was,
if I remember correctly, mostly about breaking the myth that SR users
navigate just using TAB/SHIFT+TAB the same way sighted/non-AT keyboard
users would (and even those users wouldn't exclusively navigate this way
either).

P
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