- From: Elizabeth J. Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:34:56 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
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 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. Instructional Designer Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS Penn State University ejp10@psu.edu, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office) 210 Rider Building II 227 W. Beaver Avenue State College, PA 16801-4819 http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu http://tlt.psu.edu
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