[bksvol-discuss] Re: new online scanning and proofreading manual
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:19:23 -0700
Folks,
We need to keep in mind that while a wiki page feels like a duck and quacks
like a duck it doesn't taste like a duck to some software.
While HTML is globally standardized wiki markup language is not. Some of what
works for HTML pages, like navigating headings by pressing H, may not work at
all on a wiki page.
Which, if any, of these sorts of shortcuts work for you in this wiki document?
Which screen reader are you using as you test this?
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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On Behalf Of Andy B. [sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx]
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People who use screen readers can press H and jump by heading. I found it to
be quite useful.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Beaver
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new online scanning and proofreading manual
Hi Scott,
I would like to add my voice to the thoughts that the layout of the manual
is quite unpleasant to use for screen reader users.
the mechanism of reading through a section and then having to return to the
TOC to find the links to the next desired section is very cumbersome.
I too fear that this may result in new volunteers becoming confused because
of having to spend so much time navigating the manual rather than reading.
I too feel it would be much more effective to have the entire manual on one
site page so that any section can be reached either via a search of by
navigating via heading and the like.
I can say that if my wife were reading the manual she too would become
frustrated and she is sighted. She finds it rather bothersome to have to
click through multiple links just to find a specific page in a manual. She
has spoken this very frustration to me many times.
thanks.
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