- From: Chris Croome <chris@atomism.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:25:05 GMT
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: "Pawson, David" <DPawson@rnib.org.uk>
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:56:48 -0000, "Pawson, David" <DPawson@rnib.org.uk> wrote: > One difference we (RNIB) need to recognise, > for an acronym, presented to a low end synth speech > system 'reading' a page, the acronym needs to be > 'spaced out', such that RNIB becomes R N I B, > whereas this is not necessary with an 'abbrev' which can > (often) be 'read out' without being 'spelled out' - if you > catch my drift. I see, am I correct in understanding that you mean that things that should be read out as separate letters should use ARCONYM and things that are pronounced more like a word use ABBRV? > This (IMHO) necessitates differentiation between the two. > How many authors appreciate such finesse I am unsure. I think a clearer explanation is needed, it could be really annoying if people start using them the wrong way around. Chris chris@atomism.demon.co.uk http://www.atomism.demon.co.uk/
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