[Blindmath] Another request for advice on HTML formatting

[Richard Baldwin]

Thanks John,

I'm learning as I go.

Dick B.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:19 PM, John Gardner <john.gardner at orst.edu> wrote:

> 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
> To: BlindMath Mailing List
> 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
> zz
>
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