[macvoiceover] Re: Designing web pages for screen readers

Another approach o the issue of menus and navigation links is to make sure that if they are not at the end of the document flow that they are on the right hand side of the window in languages which are read left-to-right. This will aid in two ways:
For visual readers it will ensure that the eye falls first on the content and not on the unrelated navigation elements as we read from top left to bottom right. Putting the navigation elements on the left side of the page creates the issue of always encountering unrelated material at the start of every line. This is a particular problem for dyslexic readers who have difficulty tracking the line of type anyway.
For screen readers navigation on the left means that the reader must read unrelated text and link prior to reaching the content which slows down the process of getting information from the page. 

Remember that design exists to aid in communication not to inhibit it.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney@xxxxxxxxx




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