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Narrator: One more feature to test: Describe this page.

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Narrator: A screen reader reads a page one item at a time, in a line.

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Narrator: It doesn't say that the essays fill most of the page,

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Narrator: or that a narrow column sits beside them.

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Narrator: A sighted visitor takes that in at a glance.

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Narrator: For someone who's blind, a picture of the layout is a map.

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Narrator: It says what's on the page before reading all of it,

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Narrator: and where things are when a sighted colleague says it's in the column on the right.

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Narrator: This button describes the layout in words.

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VoiceOver: Describe this page dialog pop up button

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Narrator: It's the second thing on the page, right after the skip link. I'll press it.

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Narrator: The dialog opened on screen… but VoiceOver didn't say so.

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Narrator: Someone listening wouldn't know it's there. I'll move on, to find it.

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VoiceOver: The home page web dialog with 9 items

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Narrator: There it is: a dialog called The home page. I'll step into it.

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VoiceOver: In The home page web dialog with 9 items heading level 2 The home page

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VoiceOver: Close button

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VoiceOver: This is the front page of a magazine. The newest essays take most of the page, and a narrower column beside them lists everything else.

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VoiceOver: heading level 3 From top to bottom

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VoiceOver: list 7 items

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VoiceOver: 1

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VoiceOver: At the top, the site header: my name, which goes home, then links to Writing, Work, Signal, Tools and Resume, then Set for you, where you choose the drawings, theme and motion. Beside it is a button that pauses everything that moves.

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VoiceOver: 2

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Narrator: This is what the button is for.

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Narrator: It starts with a picture: the front page of a magazine,

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Narrator: the newest essays taking most of the page, and a narrower column beside them.

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Narrator: Then it walks the layout from top to bottom, in order.

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VoiceOver: Describe this page dialog pop up button

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Narrator: Escape closes it, and puts me back on the button. What it says is useful.

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Narrator: The gap is the opening: when the dialog appears, VoiceOver should say so.

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Narrator: And nobody who relies on a description like this has told me yet whether it helps.

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Narrator: That's the next test, with people.