[bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
- From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:03:58 -0400
Hi Scott,
You will find that the majority of us use screen readers and some use
multiple technologies. We do have a large number of sighted volunteers as
well as you are aware.
In a screen reader if a heading is defined at the beginning of each
navigable section then with a screen reader a person can actually navigate
via those headings. Thkis would allow us to skip all the gobledie gook in
between each section with out having to read through it.
Does this help?
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From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:52 AM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
Quick poll:
Stacey is reading with a screen reader.
Lori, you are also?
Jill, you are using refreshable Braille?
Others?
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson
[staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:17 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
Scott, For me, if I'm reading something like a manual with a screen reader,
headings are just easier. You could have a link for each chapter, and then
have headings throughout the chapter that shows the different sections.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:04 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
>I am not quite sure I follow here.
>
> Clearly you are all encountering something similar that disrupts
> navigability for you. The first link on the TOC takes you to the start of
> each chapter. Why not just scroll down the page from there?
>
> Is the issue that scanning the through a detailed TOC is too much? That
> that the "Go Back" links scattered throughout the chapter text too
> intrusive or something else entirely?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott Rains
> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
> ________________________________________
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson
> [staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:54 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
>
> Hi Lori,
> That's what I thought when I read the manual a couple days ago.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lori Castner<mailto:loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:44 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
>
> Stacey, I agree with you; in an online version, it would be much easier to
> navigate with headings or lists.
> Lori
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stacey Robinson<mailto:staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:38 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Navigating the Online Manual
>
> Laurrie,
> I'd like to see everything on proofreading in one section. Not split by
> various links. Maybe it could have headings instead.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lori Castner<mailto:loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:27 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Navigating the Online Manual
>
> Hi, Everyone,
>
> Am I the only one who finds this online manual that we are reviewing this
> week to be extremely cumbersome to navigate?
> I am reviewing Section 4 about Proofreading, and whenever I complete
> reading one small section, I wish there were a link that said "next" so
> that I could just proceed.
> Am I missing some simple way to read through this document subsection
> after subsection?
> I am not a novice at reading documents with links and other internet
> materials, but this manual prompts me to feel like a total beginner!
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Lori C.
>
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