The tool has users press keys to prompt the screen reader to move to certain parts of the website. The keys along the top row and outside edges act as horizontal and vertical coordinates for a table or map. The top three rows activate menu and submenu items. The SPRITEs tool uses keys to navigate a webpage. After a 15-minute tutorial, three times as many participants were able to complete spatial web-browsing tasks within the given time limit using SPRITEs, even though all were experienced with screen readers. A research trial asked 10 people, eight of whom were blind and two with low vision, to complete a series of tasks using their favorite screen reader technology, and then using that technology plus SPRITEs. The new tool, Spatial Recognition Interaction Techniques, or SPRITEs, maps different parts of the keyboard to areas or functions on the screen. ![]() This study demonstrates that we can use the keyboard to bring tangible, structured information back, and the benefits are enormous.” “But tables are one place that it’s possible to do better. “We’re not trying to replace screen readers, or the things that they do really well,” said senior author Jennifer Mankoff, a professor in the UW’s Paul G. A mockup shows how a user could press keys to select a top-level menu, submenu, and then click through options on a nested list to book a sightseeing activity through Airbnb.
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