Re: Parenthesis
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Gene
But I don't believe in altering standard text for
screen-readers on a site for the general public. Maybe, on a site intended
only or almost exclusively for blind people.
I haven't given that any thought. But when we read books, if a
chapter title is in all capitals, we either learn how to deal with it if it
causes problems, or we don't. This sort of thing goes far beyond the
requirements of accessibility. Screen-reader users have a responsibility
to know something about the program they are using. If all caps did cause
me a problem, I would look at the line and spell what isn't being pronounced
correctly. You don't build a street so that people who don't know how to
drive can drive on it. You build a street for licensed drivers. You
shouldn't alter text under normal conditions because some blind people may not
know how to use their screen-readers.
Gene
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Parenthesis Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal email to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Prater" <r.d.t.prater@...> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Parenthesis All caps are not read any differently than any other text. Devin Prater Assistive Technology instructor in training, JAWS Sertified. > On Dec 12, 2017, at 12:29 PM, Kwork <istherelife@...> wrote: > > With my punctuation set to some, it pauses on either side of the > parenthesis. A comma does the same thing, so I would have to guess which > is a paren and which a comma. Not that big a deal for me. If I really want > to know, I'll investigate on my own. I don't know about other punctuation > levels as about all I use is some, so others would be able to answer that > better. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: tonea.ctr.morrow@... > To: nvda@nvda.groups.io > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:12 AM > Subject: [nvda] Parenthesis > > How does the software treat parenthesis (such as this) when it does > speech? How does it convey to the listener that the comment (possibly > unimportant) is an aside comment? I need to know so I can understand how > my audience will hear it, both literally and figuratively. > > Thanks! > > Tonea > >
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