Here are some of the guidelines used in our page designs. Many popular browsers were tested. Frequent punctuation is used to force screen reader to pause between thoughts. We were able to use a reasonable amount of visual formatting by carefully testing pages to eliminate columns that line wrap. Only graphics with short download times are used.
Alternate text is supplied for each graphics in case they are turned off by the browser.
Jump controls are easily located within each page. Long pages have a text browser style index at the top of the page in addition to a speed button bar for modern proactive screen access. We feel our extra effort spent on our web site was worth the result. Even though Artic and many other sources serving the blindness community are willing to design speech friendly web pages, the vast majority of web design is being done without any concern for speech friendliness. Although the design rules for speech friendly sites are not hard to understand, most people are not aware of them, and they often limit a Web Master from creating fancy designs by which they make their living.