RE: Aside on the use of ARIA landmark roles

> However, it would also be interesting and relevant to know whether certain users with learning and cognitive disabilities would benefit significantly from a tool (hypothetical, as far as I know) for temporarily hiding and revealing structural components of a Web page. For example, it could display only the

The Safari Reader on iOS has a function that seems to only display the main content for easier reading.  Separately but related, a long time ago I played around with WYNN by Freedom Scientific which allowed users the ability to hide distractions by blocking off sections of web pages -- but I'm not sure how automated or manual the process is as I have not seen the product in many years.

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-----Original Message-----
From: White, Jason J [mailto:jjwhite@ets.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:59 AM
To: WCAG
Subject: Aside on the use of ARIA landmark roles

Recent discussion of ARIA landmark roles has concentrated on their undeniable value to screen reader users.

However, it would also be interesting and relevant to know whether certain users with learning and cognitive disabilities would benefit significantly from a tool (hypothetical, as far as I know) for temporarily hiding and revealing structural components of a Web page. For example, it could display only the "main" content, excluding everything with roles of banner, complementary, navigation, etc. until the user chooses to reveal them. It could do likewise if the user wishes to focus on, for instance, the navigational component while hiding everything else.

What experience, if any, has accumulated in this area?


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