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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 2, 2005 6:57PM

Janet Perkins Corbett wrote:

> Here's
> my question: do screen reader users depend much on the headings list?


Do you, as a sighted user, rely on quickly scanning a page visually by finding the bits of text that are larger or otherwise more prominent than the rest of the text to get an idea of structure?

Flippant answer, perhaps...but I hope it gets across that it's a yes.

> The list of links yields something like the following: focus minimize
> focus minimize focus minimize delete focus minimize delete j a dash sig
> homepage


Which of course makes no sense whatsoever. At the very least, these links should provide some contextual information...*WHAT* am I focussing or minimising?

Sounds like you've got your work cut out to get the portal even to basic WAI WCAG A or Sect 508. Then again, when I hear the word SCT mentioned, I'm not surprised...

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Patrick H. Lauke
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