From 86ce5c36d074b64f9da20d13acc6a60a2895d2fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MarijkeM Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:03:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update with extra info (#22339) * Update with extra info * Added sub-heading --- guide/english/accessibility/accessibility-basics/index.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/guide/english/accessibility/accessibility-basics/index.md b/guide/english/accessibility/accessibility-basics/index.md index 95b8bf5da9..83f1567aa4 100644 --- a/guide/english/accessibility/accessibility-basics/index.md +++ b/guide/english/accessibility/accessibility-basics/index.md @@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ Spans and divs are non-elements. They are meant to contain other elements, not t ``` Boom. Suddenly, all these elements are now perfectly accessible, just by using native HTML. HTML the way it was meant to be used, in other words. +### How do pages begin? +```html + +``` +We copy it from some template and mostly don't even know it is there. These words tell the screen-readers what language to read. When your site is in English, there is no problem. But when you write your site in another language and you forget you actually have this tag, blind readers will have to listen to an English person reading another language like it is English... So be aware of this little tag that can mean the world to some visitors. + ### A foundation cannot stand without structure A bit earlier, I touched upon a screen-reader's hotkeys to jump from heading to heading. There are in fact many hotkeys like this to quickly jump to the nearest table, form field, link etc. Making sure these headings are actually in logical places is therefore a good practice and really decreases your assistive technology users' stress levels, which is good if you want visitors to keep coming back to your website.