Comments on: Browsing habits of screen reader users http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/ A pragmatic approach to web standards and accessibility Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Happy Designer 4 Summary(2):無障礙網頁設計要點 « 烏托比亞 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-67229 Happy Designer 4 Summary(2):無障礙網頁設計要點 « 烏托比亞 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:20:45 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-67229 [...] http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/ [...] [...] http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/ [...]

]]> By: Iconos como enlaces: problemas y soluciones http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-62590 Iconos como enlaces: problemas y soluciones Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:56:36 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-62590 [...] Browsing habits of screen reader users [...] [...] Browsing habits of screen reader users [...]

]]> By: Dobyde.de » Fangs http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-17705 Dobyde.de » Fangs Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:47:15 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-17705 [...] wurden. Weiter Informationen über diesen Aspekt finden sich hier: my previous blog post »Browsing habits of screen reader users». Diese Listen helfen Benutzern von Screen-Readern bei ihrer Navigation zwischen den Seiten einer [...] [...] wurden. Weiter Informationen über diesen Aspekt finden sich hier: my previous blog post »Browsing habits of screen reader users». Diese Listen helfen Benutzern von Screen-Readern bei ihrer Navigation zwischen den Seiten einer [...]

]]> By: Jeannie http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-14220 Jeannie Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:22:38 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-14220 Hey there, great article. I'd love to see a piece that deals specifically with how screen readers view/make sense of search result pages and what can be done to improve the scannability of SERPs. Hey there, great article. I’d love to see a piece that deals specifically with how screen readers view/make sense of search result pages and what can be done to improve the scannability of SERPs.

]]> By: John http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4048 John Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:29:55 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-4048 I have to agree with Zephyr's comment but i am sure the next versions will be much much better I have to agree with Zephyr’s comment but i am sure the next versions will be much much better

]]> By: Text: Barrierefreies Webdesign - XHTMLforum http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Text: Barrierefreies Webdesign - XHTMLforum Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:17:29 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-2097 [...] Viel kann ich da nicht helfen: Browsing habits of screen reader users- Standards Schmandards Da gibts noch ein paar weiterfhrende Links. __________________ Grsse Andreas Weiraum ist einfach nur Leere. // Weiraum ist strukturierende Eleganz. Was stimmt? > Selber lesen, den Artikel von Mark Boulton auf AListApart.com [...]

]]> By: Zephyr http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Zephyr Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:22:24 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-1045 Is it just me, or is Jaws a bit lame? The annoying way in which it reads out every dash, even if it's part of an everyday word. I also thought speech synthesis technology had progressed beyond what Jaws 8.0 offers, but I could be wrong. Is it just me, or is Jaws a bit lame? The annoying way in which it reads out every dash, even if it’s part of an everyday word. I also thought speech synthesis technology had progressed beyond what Jaws 8.0 offers, but I could be wrong.

]]> By: Rich http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Rich Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:39:53 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-167 <p>Jaws stupidly only lets you either use title or alt for images in anchor tags, and there is no way to say : prefer title over alt; if not title use alt, or equivalent. Very silly, but that's what we got to live with.</p> Jaws stupidly only lets you either use title or alt for images in anchor tags, and there is no way to say : prefer title over alt; if not title use alt, or equivalent. Very silly, but that’s what we got to live with.

]]> By: Pete http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Pete Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:34:41 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-121 <p>Juan, your observation is correct. However, I am using the title attribute in the link to to convey the name of the article. Although this isn't on by default in e.g. Jaws many users enable reading of the title attribute in their screen reader software.</p> Juan, your observation is correct. However, I am using the title attribute in the link to to convey the name of the article. Although this isn’t on by default in e.g. Jaws many users enable reading of the title attribute in their screen reader software.

]]> By: Juan Carlos http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Juan Carlos Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2005/browsing-habits/#comment-116 <p>Ironically you break some accessibility guidelines on your site even though you write about how say a screen reader can help an end user:</p> <p>On your pages you have a lot of "Read more" links. But, if you read this out of context, it is not very helpful.</p> <p>A screen reader user scanning via links will not like what you have!</p> <p>Perhaps what you can do is use the aural CSS class and add some hidden text for each link. Hence, you might have something like this:</p> <p><a href="whatever">Read more<span class="aural"> on article xyz</span></a></p> <p>(notice the space inside the span, not outside, else you'll get an extra space in your link for users using your styled version.)</p> <p>Might add to page weight, but may be useful for screen reader users.</p> Ironically you break some accessibility guidelines on your site even though you write about how say a screen reader can help an end user:

On your pages you have a lot of “Read more” links. But, if you read this out of context, it is not very helpful.

A screen reader user scanning via links will not like what you have!

Perhaps what you can do is use the aural CSS class and add some hidden text for each link. Hence, you might have something like this:

<a href=”whatever”>Read more<span class=”aural”> on article xyz</span></a>

(notice the space inside the span, not outside, else you’ll get an extra space in your link for users using your styled version.)

Might add to page weight, but may be useful for screen reader users.

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