RE: Speak-Punctuation

I think it would be a good idea to at least address
this issue in the spec.

The problem is that some punctuation is very
dependent on context. For example, the dollar
sign would normally force a period to be interpreted
as currency: $14.32 as "fourteen dollars and thirty
two cents". But there are cases where that doesn't
have the correct results: "$14.32 million" should be
read as "fourteen point thirty-two million dollars"
rather than "fourteen dollars and thirty-two cents
million".

I can't really think of any good solution to this. A
value for speak-pronunciation that forces a decimal
rather than currency context might work, but it seems
like a kludge, and generated content would be necessary
to add the word "dollars".

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	www-style-request@w3.org [SMTP:www-style-request@w3.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 11, 1999 7:52 PM
> To:	Garth Wallace; 'www-style@w3c.org'
> Subject:	Re: Speak-Punctuation
> 
> ...
> >Also, with speak-punctuation set to code, would
> >"14.32" be read as "fourteen point thirty-two" or
> >"fourteen period thirty-two"?
> 
> Surely that is a browser implementation issue?  I can imagine browsers
> having sets of "languages" such as:
> +	'US English', 'UK English', ...
> +	'mathematical', 'formal', 'informal', ...
> 
> Jonathan O'Donnell
> Director of Information Technology
> Art, Design and Communication
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Received on Thursday, 12 August 1999 14:40:54 UTC