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Re: <strong> vs <em>

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From: Hunt, Jan
Date: Feb 12, 2007 1:20PM

John Foliot wrote:
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.

Sorry, I didn't make myself real clear on the original question. What I
should have said is "why is it when I use JAWS or HomePage Reader, I
hear no difference in words marked up with any of these tags <i> <em>
<b> <strong> from the basic paragraph text." There is no emphasis or
stronger voice inflections for any of them. Actually, I would never know
the tags existed within my web page had I not coded them myself.

Do you-all hear a difference in the pronunciation of text marked up with
any of these tags?

Thanks!