[Blindmath] Another request for advice on HTML formatting

[Richard Baldwin]

The following is a paragraph element from an HTML file that includes a
hyperlink to download a zip file.

<p>You will need to download three svg graphics files to complete the work
in
this module. Click <a href="1005.zip">here</a> to download a zip file named
1005.zip containing those svg files.</p>

I know exactly what this looks like to a sighted person and exactly how it
behaves when it is rendered by a browser such as Firefox or IE. As you can
see, it is basically designed for someone using a mouse.

However, I have no idea what it sounds like when encountered by a blind
student using a screen reader with Firefox or IE, or how it is interpreted
when encountered by a blind student using a single-line USB Braille display
with Firefox or IE.

My question: is the statement clear and is it easy for the blind student
using one or both of those accessibility tools to download the zip file, or
is there a better format?

Also, if anyone has a favorite web page containing a set of rules for
creating highly-accessible web pages for blind people, with details such as
the answer to this question, I would like to know the URL.

In case you are wondering why I am asking this question, see
http://cnx.org/content/col11294/latest/ where I am attempting to create web
pages for blind students.

Thanks,
Dick Baldwin
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