[Athen] New SkipTo Browser Extension is an assistive technology to provide keyboard navigation to Landmarks and Headings

Dan Comden danc at uw.edu
Wed Jul 28 15:06:29 PDT 2021


Awesome to see this out and available. Finally I can get some of the cool
functionality that screenreader users have had for years. Thanks Jon!

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 7:59 AM Gunderson, Jon R <jongund at illinois.edu>
wrote:


> The "Skip to Landmarks and Headings" browser extension is an assistive

> technology to support the Bypass Blocks requirement of WCAG by providing

> keyboard support for viewing and navigating to selected landmarks and

> headings on any web page. It also provides everyone with a high level

> outline of the landmarks and headings of a page to quickly scan the content

> of a web page, including users of screen readers.

>

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>

> Chrome Extension URL:

>

> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/skip-to-landmarks-and-hea/fjkpbfcodhflpdildjbmdhhmcoplghgf

>

> Firefox Extension URL:

> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skipto/

>

> Shortcut keys to open the SkipTo menu:

> Windows/Linux: ALT+2

> macOS: Option+2

>

> Your feedback on the extension is important to us, please send e-mail

> comments to:

> E-mail: jongund at illinois.edu

>

> If you like the extension, we encourage you to consider giving it a rating

> and a review.

>

> NOTE: The SkipTo extension is an open source project and is free for

> anyone to share or use, link to source code can be found on GitHub:

> https://github.com/skipto/extension

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> Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., CPWA (he/him/his)

>

> Coordinator of Accessible IT Group

>

> University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

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> 1207 S. Oak Street

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> Champaign, IL 61820

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> Phone: (217) 244-5870

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> E-mail: jongund at illinois.edu

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