New Site Wizard
Accessibility Improvements
The new Bookshare library implements many of current best practices for website accessibility. These features include:
Heading level navigation
All pages are structured with headings and subheadings to make it easier for people using screen readers to navigate from section to section.
Skip-to-main-content
Each page has a “Skip to Main Content” link for screen readers, allowing people to skip all the navigation links at the top of the page and go straight to the content. Pressing the Tab key takes you straight to the main content, and pressing Enter begins to read the content.
Improved navigation
The new library uses drop down menus for the main navigation, eliminating long lists of links. These drop down menus are recognized as headings by screen readers, so you can easily navigate from heading to heading, and through sections of content. With Jaws, pressing the “3” key takes you to each content area, and the down arrow moves you through the subsections in that area. With other screen readers, please use the heading navigation provided.
Built-in support for people with low vision
With the new page design, you can zoom in or out on a page and all items on the page scale accordingly, even images. People with low vision can enlarge the font and images to a size that’s comfortable and still maintain the integrity of the page and its contents. (Press CRTL + to zoom in, and CTRL - to zoom out.)
Customization of Braille line length
When you download a book in BRF format, you can now vary the number of characters on a line to match the display on your Braille device. Go to My Account, select the Preferences option and set the line length. This setting will remain in place for all books you download until you change it. Customizable line lengths also help with production of embossed Braille.
Tables only used for tabular data
Tables are not used for page layout, but only for data that is best understood in columns and rows.