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From: Glenda Watson Hyatt
Date: Jul 27, 2005 5:24PM

Andrew,

Does a list [vertical or horizontal] with the bullet hidden work for those
using HPR?

Glenda

Glenda Watson Hyatt, Principal
Soaring Eagle Communications
Accessible websites. Accessible content. Accessible solutions.
www.webaccessibility.biz


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of Andrew Arch
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:55 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Separating adjacent links


Hi Pony,

Our staff at Vision Australia using screen readers (JAWS, WindowEyes and
HAL) reckon they just tune that sound out - it becomes like another space
between words. However, HPR requires the audible separator as otherwise it
just runs the links together. If you want to accommodate your JAWS users
better, try using a character that that JAWS reads as a one-syllable word.

Cheers, Andrew
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of Pony Smith
Sent: Thursday, 28 July 2005 5:28 AM
To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: [WebAIM] Separating adjacent links


Hello everybody,

I've got a question about separating adjacent links.
The WCAG 1.0 states as a level 3 priority:

"10.5 Until user agents (including assistive
technologies) render adjacent links distinctly,
include non-link, printable characters (surrounded by
spaces) between adjacent links."

I've done this using the vertical bar character, which
from what I've seen is a fairly conventional usage.
However, when I asked a JAWS user to review the site,
he told me that the repetition of 'vertical bar' on a
long list of links (a list of alphabetical jump links
targeting anchors further down the page for example)
is very disruptive and unnecessary.

What's the convention then? Is it better to create a
vertical bar image and give it alt="" even though that
may not be considered a 'printable character'?

Pony Smith

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