Index: includes/theme.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/theme.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.504
diff -u -p -r1.504 theme.inc
--- includes/theme.inc	13 Aug 2009 03:05:54 -0000	1.504
+++ includes/theme.inc	15 Aug 2009 17:53:54 -0000
@@ -1264,17 +1264,37 @@ function theme_status_messages($display 
  *    - href: the link URL. If omitted, the 'title' is shown as a plain text item in the links list.
  *    - html: (optional) set this to TRUE if 'title' is HTML so it will be escaped.
  *   Array items are passed on to the l() function's $options parameter when creating the link.
+ * @param $heading
+ *   An optional keyed array for a heading to precede the links:
+ *    - text: the heading text
+ *    - level: the heading level (e.g. 'h2', 'h3')
+ *    - class: (optional) space-separated classes for the heading
+ *   Headings should be used on navigation menus and any list of links that
+ *   consistently appears on multiple pages. To make the heading invisible
+ *   use class => 'element-invisible'. Do not use 'display:none', which
+ *   removes it from screen-readers and assistive technology. Headings allow
+ *   screen-reader and keyboard only users to navigate to or skip the links.
+ *   See http://juicystudio.com/article/screen-readers-display-none.php
+ *   and http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H42.html for more information.
  * @param $attributes
  *   A keyed array of attributes.
  * @return
  *   A string containing an unordered list of links.
  */
-function theme_links($links, $attributes = array('class' => 'links')) {
+function theme_links($links, $heading = array(), $attributes = array('class' => 'links')) {
   global $language;
   $output = '';
 
   if (count($links) > 0) {
-    $output = '<ul' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '>';
+    $output = '';
+    if (!empty($heading['text']) && !empty($heading['level'])) {
+      $output .= '<' . $heading['level'] . (!empty($heading['class']) ?
+        drupal_attributes(array('class' => $heading['class'])) : '') . '>';
+      $output .= check_plain($heading['text']);
+      $output .= '</' . $heading['level'] . '>';
+    }
+
+    $output .= '<ul' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '>';
 
     $num_links = count($links);
     $i = 1;
Index: modules/system/page.tpl.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/page.tpl.php,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -p -r1.27 page.tpl.php
--- modules/system/page.tpl.php	3 Aug 2009 03:04:33 -0000	1.27
+++ modules/system/page.tpl.php	15 Aug 2009 17:53:55 -0000
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
     <?php if ($main_menu): ?>
       <div id="navigation"><div class="section">
-        <?php print theme('links', $main_menu, array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => 'links clearfix')); ?>
+        <?php print theme('links', $main_menu, array('text' => t('Main menu'), 'level' => 'h2'), array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => 'links clearfix')); ?>
       </div></div> <!-- /.section, /#navigation -->
     <?php endif; ?>
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     </div></div> <!-- /#main, /#main-wrapper -->
 
     <div id="footer"><div class="section">
-      <?php print theme('links', $secondary_menu, array('id' => 'secondary-menu', 'class' => 'links clearfix')); ?>
+      <?php print theme('links', $secondary_menu, array('text' => t('Secondary menu'), 'level' => 'h2'), array('id' => 'secondary-menu', 'class' => 'links clearfix')); ?>
       <?php if ($footer): ?><div id="footer-region" class="region"><?php print $footer; ?></div><?php endif; ?>
     </div></div> <!-- /.section, /#footer -->
 
Index: themes/garland/template.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/themes/garland/template.php,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -p -r1.23 template.php
--- themes/garland/template.php	28 Jul 2009 10:09:25 -0000	1.23
+++ themes/garland/template.php	15 Aug 2009 17:53:55 -0000
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ function garland_breadcrumb($breadcrumb)
  */
 function garland_preprocess_page(&$vars) {
   $vars['tabs2'] = menu_secondary_local_tasks();
-  $vars['primary_nav'] = isset($vars['main_menu']) ? theme('links', $vars['main_menu'], array('class' => 'links main-menu')) : FALSE;
-  $vars['secondary_nav'] = isset($vars['secondary_menu']) ? theme('links', $vars['secondary_menu'], array('class' => 'links secondary-menu')) : FALSE;
+  $vars['primary_nav'] = isset($vars['main_menu']) ? theme('links', $vars['main_menu'], array(
+    'text' => t('Main menu'), 'level' => 'h2', 'class' => 'element-invisible',
+  ), array('class' => 'links main-menu')) : FALSE;
+  $vars['secondary_nav'] = isset($vars['secondary_menu']) ? theme('links', $vars['secondary_menu'], array(
+    'text' => t('Secondary menu'), 'level' => 'h2', 'class' => 'element-invisible',
+  ), array('class' => 'links secondary-menu')) : FALSE;
   $vars['ie_styles'] = garland_get_ie_styles();
 
   // Prepare header