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Re: how to write Roman numerals please

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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Jan 4, 2012 4:30PM

I think the point Jared is making is that they're seen visually as an "I"
and a "V", too. How does a sighted person know that "IV" means "4"? The
same way a non-sighted person does.

David

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> But Jared, if I use "IV" to mean Roman Numeral 4, it is typed on the
> keyboard with the letters "I" and "V". Isn't it read as that?
> Angela French
>
> >
> >Roman numerals are no more or less confusing to screen reader users than
> they
> >are for other users. There's no necessity to code them so they are read as
> >numbers in screen readers
> >
> >Jared
> >