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Re: <strong> vs <em>

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From: John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program
Date: Feb 12, 2007 10:10AM

Hunt, Jan wrote:
> Why is it that when I use JAWS or HomePage Reader, I detect no
> difference in <em>, <i>, <b> or <strong>?

Backwards compatibility. It is preferred that you use the <em> and <strong>
elements when required, but because of legacy documents the screen readers
(for now) will read them essentially the same.

JF



>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darian Glover [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:36 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] <strong> vs <em>
>
> <em> renders as emphasized text. <strong> renders as strong
> emphasized text.
>
>
> Darian.
>
>
> On 1/22/07, Gary Williamson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium) I' ve heard on the
> grapevine that <strong> shouldn' t be used to emphasise text for
> screen readers as it shouts a word rather than emphasises it! If this
> is the case what can be used as an alternative? I' ve heard <em> can
> be used instead, however, I' m not sure how?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gary
>>