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Re: Well formed verses Valid code

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From: smithj7
Date: Feb 24, 2007 8:10AM

Will do!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Featherstone" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Well formed verses Valid code


> On 2/24/07, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
>
>>I feel that a DTD is important and cleaning-up codes to comply with
>>the DTD is a first step, to accessiblity. (work for blind services -
>>found some coding mistakes that cause hic-ups with speech)
>
>
> If ever you find errors in validation that cause issues with speech
> technology such as screen readers, please please please publish the
> details. Even if it is just a quick post to this list so that it gets
> documented - we need to be sure that any cases or examples where this
> happens are availalble for everyone to see.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best regards,
> Derek.
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