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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jun 3, 2009 12:50PM

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Seth Kane < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Anyone out there that uses JAWS do you know if it reads out load the attributes of a:
>
> <dfn> tag defines a definition term

JAWS does not expand definitions.

> <acronym> tag defines an acronym
>
> i.e.
> Can I get this <acronym title="as soon as possible">ASAP</acronym>?

You can set JAWS to expand acronyms and abbreviations by enabling the
options in Utilities... Configuration Manager, then Set Options...
HTML Options... then by checking the appropriate options in the Text
tab.

I'm going to resist getting on my typical acronym/abbreviation tirade,
but suffice it to say that "ASAP" does not need to be marked up as an
acronym.

Jared Smith
WebAIM.org