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Re: Acronyms in tags or no tags?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 8, 2012 2:45PM

If the abbr tag is used on a th element in a table the full text of
the heading is read the first time around (for the first row), but
then the value of the abbr tag is read, making the reading quicker and
more convenient for a screen reader user.
So within a table, I think it is convenient to use it, in regular text
I have not so much noticed a difference, though screen readers and
even some TTS engines have a list of abbreviations in different
language, which can be normalized during speech, so marking them up as
such may help ensure accurate reading (of course the question is
whether using the abbr tag is not as much work as just writing the
abbreviation out every time).



On 2/8/12, Steve Flaukner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Is there a difference with a screen reader if the abbreviation tag is used
> or not? Example: We met with Bob Singer who owns MOC (My Other Cafe) in
> downtown Detroit. So instead of using the tag the acronym was spelt out.
>