Accessible documents & interfaces · Working

Reading order

Also called: tag order

ELI5

The sequence in which assistive technology presents document or interface content.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the reading order before work begins.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Reading order” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Connected terms

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.