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June 27, 2005

How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers

Blind users find top and left-hand navigation bars annoying because the screen reader starts at the top of the page and reads from left to right. It is very time-consuming to listen to the same list of links every time you visit a page. You can get people right to your latest post by putting your navigation links on the right-hand side.

If you describe your images, supply informative text for links, put navigation links on the right-hand side, use relative font sizes, and have a properly labeled comment form, then congratulations! You are well on your way to an accessible blog.

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Posted by Don at June 27, 2005 06:13 PM

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