- From: David Best <davebest@ca.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:30:39 -0400
- To: Devarshi Pant <devarshipant@gmail.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org
Some symbols appear not to be included in the screen reader dictionary. The screen reader user can identify them and add them, but I think in some cases the screen reader manufacturer should be informed. Possibly the following link may help explain in more detail. Accessible Culture: http://www.accessibleculture.org/research-files/character-references/jaws-not-spoken.php Regards, David Best, Advisory IT Specialist --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Devarshi Pant <devarshipant@gmail.com> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Date: 10/24/2011 05:06 PM Subject: Screen reader access to symbols (special characters) inside data tables Sent by: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org Hi All -- I am testing a table with symbols that convey meaning like, up / down arrows. The problem is that JAWS will not voice the symbols. Interestingly, on a different web page, JAWS voiced the single dagger and double dagger symbols correctly, voiced the approximate symbol as an equal to, but did not voice the cell with the up arrow symbol. Has anyone experienced this quirkiness with JAWS and symbols before? If you are interested, go to http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/codehtml.html and pick the table called Additional Punctuation Codes, which is at the end. Just curious if it is a known issue. Tested with I E 7, Firefox 3.6, and JAWS 10 on Windows Vista Thanks, Devarshi
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