Re: <span> within a word any issue for screen readers?

This may be a dumb question, but does the same thing happen with 
STRONG, B, EM, and I? For instance, if I bold-face a letter with B or 
STRONG, will Window-eyes think it's a space?

Elizabeth

>Hi Rebecca,
>
>Home Page Reader definitely has an issue with this and WindowEyes has some
>issues with it too (depending on the implementation).
>In my limited experience, when it does affect the screen reader's
>announcement of the word, it sounds as if there is a space character
>wherever the 'span' element is.
>For example:
>Acc<span>e</span>ssibility
>is pronouced as though it were written: Acc e ssibility (ie, as three
>distinct words).
>
>Cheers,
>Sofia

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