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Re: Screen readers, math symbols, and Word

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From: Ro
Date: Nov 17, 2010 10:36AM

Do you mean that the < and > and = signs are announced as such? And if
so, why is that an annoyance? Or is it because the symbols are used
for something else? Voiceover announces them as greater than or less
than if I'm reading code, but in other instances they aren't announced
at all as in this email, but that's because of my preferred
pronunciation settings. Guess I don't understand the problem?

~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden

http://raynaadi.blogspot.com/

On Nov 17, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Cliff Tyllick wrote:

> One of our authors who has tested Word documents in JAWS 9 has
> doscovered that the "greater than or equal to" symbol (Unicode
> character 2265) is announced as "greater than."
>
> In some cases this might be a minor annoyance, but the difference is
> important in documents that tell people how to comply with
> environmental regulations. Is there a good solution to this problem?
>
> If not, we're thinking of just replacing the character with an
> inline graphic of the same size with appropriate alt text. Thoughts?
>
> And is this just a JAWS thing, or do other screen readers do the same?
>
> Cliff
>
>
> Cliff Tyllick
> Usability assessment coordinator
> Agency Communications Division
> Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
> 512-239-4516
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