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Re: Punctuation in JAWS

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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Jun 5, 2010 3:30AM

The JAWS user controls the extent to which punctuation is read with a range
of "NONe" to "All." Again, this is something that should be left up to the
screen reader user.
Chuck
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From: "Garcia, Bobby" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:42 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] Punctuation in JAWS


> Hey, gang! I'm developing some web-based training courses that are being
> tested for accessibility using JAWS. What I noticed is that JAWS reads
> punctuation and I'm curious to get some different views on this.
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> Take, for example, the following statement: I never apologize (I'm
> sorry, that's just the way I am).
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> Jaws will read: I never apologize open parens I'm sorry...
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> My question is, does this take away/add to the user's experience? Is it
> a hindrance to hear that, is it superfluous, or do any users benefit
> from visualizing the parens? I mean, I know I can always tailor my
> content to avoid using excessive punctuation but I'd still like to know
> how different people feel about this. And not necessarily JAWS only, but
> any other screen readers, as well.
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> Thanks!
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> Bobby Garcia
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