EPUB Issue: No Headings
Channel: NNELS Canada
Date: 2019-12-24

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Screenreader Demonstration of book navigation for screen reader users when there are no headings coded into the book file.
Read more about best practices here: https://www.accessiblepublishing.ca/accessible-publishing-best-practices/
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Transcript:

Narrator: Welcome to a demonstration of accessible headings.
This video was created with support from the Government of Canadas Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component. The opinions and interpretations in this video are those of the creator and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. It was produced with sighted assistance.
Properly-marked headings offer readers another way to navigate a book.
More importantly, however, headings clarify the beginning of a new chapter.

Screenreader: "Is the best thing for him and you, but another stroke would settle him."
"Chapter III"
"The Black Spot"

Narrator: Note the helpful pause before the beginning of the new chapter.
When a book lacks headings, however, there is no pause between sections.

Screenreader: "Piano player plays a closing series of chords."
"End."
"Acknowledgements"

Narrator: Please ensure that each new section begins with a correctly-coded heading.
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