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Embedded Links and Online Reading Accessibility: Whitney Quesenbery and Caroline Jarrett, #stc10

Dallas STC Summit videocasts

by Tom Johnson on May 7, 2010 •
categories: video • technical-writing • web-design

  1. 1.0 A Few Ways to Make the Next STC Summit Better, #stc10
  2. 1.0 Trending Towards Mobile: Neil Perlin at the STC Summit #stc10
  3. 1.0 What I'm presenting on at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  4. 1.1 Trust and Transparency: Leadership Day at the STC Summit #stc10
  5. 1.3 Storytelling for User Experience: Whitney Quesenbery at the STC Summit #stc10
  6. 1.4 The Art of Questioning: Rich Maggiani at the STC Summit, #stc10
  7. 1.5 Breaking into the Mobile Market: Joe Welinski at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  8. 1.6 → Embedded Links and Online Reading Accessibility: Whitney Quesenbery and Caroline Jarrett, #stc10
  9. 1.7 Pay-per-Content Versus Free: Char James-Tanny and Bill Swallow at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  10. 1.8 Upcoming Books from XML Press: Richard Hamilton at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  11. 1.9 Finding Time to Draw: Ben Minson at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  12. 2.0 New Variables for Technical Writing Project Managers: Larry Kunz at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  13. 2.1 Old Guard Versus New Guard: Whitney Hess at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  14. 2.2 Simple Tips for Website Accessibility: Brenda Huettner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  15. 2.3 SXSW Conference Versus STC Summit: Anne Gentle and Janet Swisher at the STC Summit, #stc10
  16. 2.4 The Do-It-Yourself Philosophy: Saul Carliner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  17. 2.5 Tough Situations for Technical Communication Managers: Saul Carliner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  18. 2.6 Videocast Gallery from the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10

In this video, I talk with Whitney Quesenbery and Caroline Jarrett about the feasibility of removing links embedded directly within paragraphs -- which Kathryn Summers and Ginny Redish describe as "exit points" that confuse and disorient low-literacy readers.

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