RE: CSS and screen readers

Madeleine,
do you have a sample URL. the URL in your signature is based on tables.
in general (depends on the screen reader) screen readers follow the
presentation of the content as it appears in html.

Jim Allan
Webmaster
Texas School for the Blind

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[mailto:owner-aware-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of envoy
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 1:53 PM
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Subject: CSS and screen readers


Hello

I am striving to create more accessible websites. So I am going to stop
using tables for layout. I have created a three column layout using CSS for
positioning, the columns at the sides containing images. Without the style
sheet the content is logically organised, with the images and layout
separated from the content.

When I have viewed this using "Supernova Reader Magnifier - Award-winning
magnification, speech & Braille for Windows" (which I have been told is
used by a lot of libraries) the voice reader reads across the whole page as
it appears on the screen, so the alt tags for the images get mixed up with
reading out the text in the main column. Which doesn't seem much of an
advance on using tables?

Is there someway that I can get the voice reader to read the content
without the style-sheet? Should I be using an aural style sheet?

I would be very grateful for any comments, and or suggestions about where I
could find out more about this issue.

Many thanks
Madeleine

Madeleine Parkyn
envoy(at)dircon.co.uk
01723 375533
www.envoy.uk.net


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