[Blindmath] Another request for advice on HTML formatting

[John Gardner]

Hi Dick, no this is not the right way to do this.  You should include more
than "here" inside the text part of the link.  For example.  Change the text
part of the link to:
...">Click here for the 1036.zip file </a>
When I am Tabbing through to find this link, and I hear a bunch of "link -
here", I have to stop and look more carefully.  If the text inside the link
tells me what "here" refers to, then it is much easier.

John

John


-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Baldwin
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:15 AM
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Subject: [Blindmath] Another request for advice on HTML formatting

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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