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From: Janet Perkins Corbett
Date: Mon, May 02 2005 6:36PM
Subject: Use of headings
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Hello
Our university is implementing Sungard-SCT's Luminis portal software,
we're in the development stage. My role is to ensure that our
implementation is as accessible as it can be. There is much to be
desired about the entire software package, but one thing that I thought
might be do-able is to encourage the use of headings in channels. Here's
my question: do screen reader users depend much on the headings list?
The current list of headings is empty for most pages.
The list of links yields something like the following: focus minimize
focus minimize focus minimize delete focus minimize delete j a dash sig
homepage
Etc.
Janet Perkins Corbett
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities
http://wind.uwyo.edu/
(307)766-2506
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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mon, May 02 2005 6:57PM
Subject: Re: Use of headings
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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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