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Landmark

A labeled region of a page, such as the main content or the navigation, that assistive technology can jump to.

Landmarks are the big regions of a page: the header, the navigation, the main content, a search form, a sidebar, and the footer. HTML has elements for each (header, nav, main, aside, footer), and ARIA has matching roles for older code. People using a screen reader can list a page’s landmarks and jump straight to the one they want, the way a sighted person’s eye jumps to the main column.

A page needs one main landmark, and when there are two of the same kind, such as two navigation areas, each needs a label so they can be told apart. The W3C’s ARIA Authoring Practices Guide covers landmark roles and labels.

Source

ARIA Authoring Practices Guide

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Checked .

Semantic HTML
Using the HTML element that means what the content is, such as a button for a button, so browsers and assistive technology understand it.
Heading structure
Headings that outline the page in order, one main heading and then levels that nest without skipping.
Skip link
A link at the top of a page that lets people using a keyboard jump past the navigation to the main content.

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