Re: Minus sign - VoiceOver

On 17/11/2015 15:50, Alistair Garrison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My last question for the day.  The version of VoiceOver on the Mac (desktop) that I'm using does not seem to announce a minus sign in the following context:
>
> Balance -$90
>
> This reads as "balance 90 dollars", rather than "balance minus 90 dollars".  Which is a of course critical in this context.
>
> Some people suggest that the unicode minus sign (U+2212) must be used.
>
> I've done some testing with TalkBack and VoiceOver on mobile, and it seems to work as expected. But, the question is has anyone come across a similar issue on any of the mobile platforms you are able to test on?

This is a general accessibility / AT issue, not specifically about 
mobile though, right? As in: it would not make sense for the "mobile" 
extension to specifically call this out as a problem (and relating 
techniques), as it's not exclusive to this scenario?

P
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