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Re: difference in sounce between <strong> and <em>

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Oct 7, 2011 12:48PM

I've never noticed a screen reader using any of these elements to change
pitch, speed, intonation, or other verbal attribute to convey
hierarchical level of emphasis. so, you could consider organization by
header level, use lists, or just italicize things and let readers figure
it out. If the emphasis is critical to the use of the content, e.g. for
the following paragraph, please define the emphasized phrases or words,
then you need to do something textually to ensure such important
information is clearly denoted--which may be something visual, e.g.
actually put in markers such as parenthesis, or some such.