WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Question for screen reader users

for

From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Dec 15, 2009 10:21AM

Screen reader may say "blank" it is not an issue for most screen reader users.

Mike Moore
(512) 424-4159


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Langum, Michael J
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:07 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: [WebAIM] Question for screen reader users

We've been requested to remove all the carriage returns (that is, when you hit the Enter key to insert a blank line between paragraphs) because (they allege ) screen readers will say them aloud.

I've never heard of this. Can anyone confirm or deny?

-- Mike Langum
Asst. Webmaster, WWW.OPM.GOV
U.S. Office of Personnel Management