Rich Caloggero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What exactly does VoiceOver do? ... In another message, Josh suggested that VoiceOver+up/down arrow moves within the current column.
Voiceover seems to do a combination of both DOM and visual navigation, the two prime examples I can think of off-hand (without VO handy) are: 1. VO will read out text that is hidden off-screen (see http://alastairc.ac/2006/10/image-replacement-and-voiceover/) And yet: 2. VO will miss out items within the same column that are indented. For example, I noticed this on http://www.boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2007/01/02/in-2007 (which I'm not picking on, it is a perfectly accessible site), where you press VO-down in the content area and it skips the list of items. You can get to those items on the next pass, but it's a bit strange that you miss them in the DOM order. As a developer, this is unpredictable and somewhat mystifying behaviour, as a user it could lead to a great deal of confusion. I hope that the next version includes more use of the DOM, such as heading navigation, and either works visually (2D) or by following the DOM, or at least gives you the option to choose. -Alastair
