Sent by Tim Litwiller on 9 September 2003 22:10
This doesn't exactly have to do with css, but for screen reader
usability I have taken to adding link tags to the header of my sites.
A person from our church uses a screen reader - he is blind enough that
he can only tell light from dark - so I checked several of my sites in
his browser - I don't know right off what browser it is but it is very
similar to lynx in a unix terminal. It supports the link tags which
makes it very easy to add navigation for seeing impared without
affecting other browsers at all.
In fact Mozilla now also supports the link tags and if you have the
"Site Navigation Bar" toolbar turned on you can have a tool bar that
lets you navigate the site.
In lynx these link tags make a horizontal navigation list at the top of
the page. I have been makeing a step by step path thru the site - next
and back links so they can page the site let the screen reader read the
page and then 2 keys take them on my path to the next page of the site.
here is an old site that I added the links tags to
http://www.mackeyandsons.com you can turn your Site Nav Bar on in
mozilla to see what it adds - in his screen reader and in lynx it looks
like this
next prev first last
Mackey & Sons Cranes Hoists Service Colorado Kansas Contact Us
then the content of the page
Holly Marie wrote:
>From: "Choan C. Gálvez"
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>>>The problem is that it does not work as expected. In all of the
>>>major screen readers, when you hide material from visual display,
>>>you also hide it from screen readers.
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>>What about using
>>.skip {
>> position: absolute;
>> left: -1000px;
>>}
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>what about those navigating pages using a keyboard, pointing device, or
>no mouse?
>how do they see or use a missing or invisible link?
>[they may end up tabbing each link on a long menu or navigation areas to
>get to a link inside the page content if they miss that or any
>visibility of skip?]
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>holly
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