- From: Belov, Charles <Charles.Belov@sfmta.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:43:00 -0700
- To: "fantasai" <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
fantasai wrote on Wednesday, June 01, 2011 6:26 PM > > http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-speech/#lists > > # disc, circle, square > # These list item styles are spoken as the equivalent word for > # the shape, in the user's language. > > Reading out "square" in front of each list item seems imho ridiculous. > These should map to a UA-defined (or user-defined) phrase or > aural icon that is appropriate for bulleted lists. Actually, the issue to me is whether screen readers are helping the listener keep track of the levels of bullets. That is, whether the list is showing bullets, circles or squares depends on whether this is a nested list. For a list like: [bullet] Cats. [bullet] Dogs. [circle] Lab. [circle] Chihuahua. [bullet] Birds. I believe the most useful output would be something that indicates the transition between levels, e.g., "Begin bulleted list. Item, cats. Item, dogs. Begin second level. Item, Lab. Item, Chihuahua. End second level. Item, birds." Not sure that is the most usable example, but that would be a non-ridiculous alternative to reading "bullet," "circle," "square". I suggest something like "Begin second level" rather than "Within dogs" because "dogs" is short but, again for example, "In-Person Customer Service Centers: These centers provide direct issuance of fare cards." is not. Hope this helps, Charles Belov SFMTA Webmaster
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