Re: [orca-list] should orca announce aria landmarks by default?

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

I haven't extensively used this feature, so I can't exactly comment
from experience. I do recall reading something about I think it's
called 508 compliance, but I don't remember it saying anything about
these landmarks, and in my limited testing of this feature, it seems
most websites don't use them much if at all. Also, "landmark" just
seems rather nondescript to me, which probably contributes to my lack
of understanding of what they are used for and why I may need/want
them. For landmarks, I usually use heading and link navigation as
needed, as well as Orca's large object function. If I can have a better
experience using landmarks instead, many website designers don't know
it, and neither do I <smiles>.

Regarding the verbosity, yes, it would probably increase greatly on
websites where landmarks are used, and I may find myself somewhat
surprised by the number of websites actually making use of them.
However, increased verbosity in a screen reader is usually something to
be avoided, especially if some more advanced users don't know the
purpose of the extra wording.

My thought is that users who already understand the purpose of
landmarks know how to navigate between them, and probably only use them
for navigating. Those users who don't use them currently will likely
gain little to no benefit from hearing where they are in the body of
text or other information on a page as they  try to read it, and if
they begin to understand and use them, will likely only use them to
make navigation easier. Hope this helps.
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