- From: Taliesin Smith <talilief@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:45:08 +0100
- To: w3c WAI List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi folks, I have a strange situation where the HTML character entity for the multiplication symbol (×) is read our differently depending on whether it is found in regular web page content or in a content area marked as an aria-live region. The symbol is correctly read out by a screen readers in the body of the page as “times”, but when the same symbol is placed in a content area marked as a live region and read out as an alert, the screen reads the symbol as, “multiplication” rather than “times”. Why would there be this difference? Is there a way to read out math symbols in a live region? Taliesin ~.~.~ Also reachable as: Taliesin.Smith@colorado.edu Inclusive Design Researcher PhET Interactive Simulations https://phet.colorado.edu/en/accessibility Physics Department University of Colorado, Boulder
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