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Provide a way to skip over navigational menus or other lengthy lists of links. Providing a way to skip over long lists of links on a web pages allows users who use a speech reader to access the content more directly. A skip navigation link, therefore, keeps them from hearing a long list of links before being able to reach the content.
A screen reader reads pages from top to bottom and from left to right. When the content is organized using a table for layout, the screen reader will usually read an entire cell before moving on to the next.
A skip navigation link will take a screen reader user from the top of the page right to the content section of the page, allowing the reading of repetitive information (i.e., left-margin page links) to be alleviated (More ...)
See: Example 8
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A screen reader reads pages from top to bottom and from left to right. When the content is organized using a table for layout, the screen reader will usually read an entire cell before moving on to the next. In the page pictured below, the content would likely be read in the following order:
When using a screen reader, this can happen on every page. Hearing the banner and navigation bar three or more times can get tiresome. To provide screen reader users a way around this a named anchor is placed just before the content. A link to that anchor is placed at the top of the page. When activated, the link will take a screen reader user from the top of the page right to the content section of the page.
