I'm writing this to Eric Oyen and anybody else interested in this... How much does having <main></main> in the proper place help a blind person?
Same question for <header></header> and <footer></footer>. Does using <nav></nav> instead of <div></div> with a special class help those using screen readers and/or Braille machines? Same question with <menu></menu>. Eric, the reason I'm asking these questions is because in a 10/23/2015 PLUG email you mentioned that screen readers operate in a serial fashion, and although there are some keyboard tricks to be able to skim a page of information, its still serial. I'm hoping that in the 8 years since you wrote this, screen readers have improved to the point where they can read HTML code, parse into DOM, and be able to skip to <main> or <nav> or <menu>, etc. Has there been such and improvement? Also, do Braille machines, which *can* be scanned rather than addressed serially, still cost $6,000.00? The reason I'm asking all of this is I'm formulating an HTML course for technologists, and naturally there's a section on HTML techniques to help people with disabilities read the material. It seems to me that many of the new HTML5 elements' main benefits are for those with screen readers or Braille machines. Before I recommend use of these new tags, I'd like to verify that they're really helpful to blind people or people with other disabilities. If there's anyone reading this email who has either Red/Green color blindness, Monochrome color blindness, or some other kind of color blindness, please clue me in on the rules of the road beyond not using color solely to distinguish between types of text. Thanks everyone. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
