How can I determine the order in which a screen reader will read a Web page, a form, or a table?
In most cases, screen readers speak all page elements in the same order as they appear in the document’s source code, left to right and top to bottom. If you are not using a screen reader, you can use the mouse to see the reading order. When you click and drag, the order in which text, table cells, and images are highlighted is the order in which a screen reader will read them. Alternatively, you can use an accessibility checker called The Wave to determine the order in which the text will be read.
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