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Re: Interesting effect with CSS

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jan 8, 2012 5:51AM

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:

> Another way to solve this problem would be to use media queries and
> then to not send the 'content CSS' to the screenreaders. But so far,
> screenreaders have not implemented media queries, so we are out of
> luck.

As Patrick noted, there's not really a media type for screen readers.
There was a proposal for a "reader" type at one point. There currently
is a "speech" media type (formerly known as "aural"), which is for
"speech synthesizers", which I guess means screen readers. There's
also accessibility-related "braille", "embossed", and "tty".

This always brings up a bit of a heated debate - whether it's
acceptable for user agents to identify assistive technology and/or
disability. The community is generally very opposed to this
self-identification. While this seems like a good idea, I doubt that
assistive technologies are likely to start identifying themselves in a
way that would render these media types of any use.

Jared