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Re: Acronyms in tags or no tags?

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From: Steve Flaukner
Date: Feb 10, 2012 7:06AM

I have read that the tags are needed. I'm doing this in a sentence. How
does JAWS read it?
On Feb 8, 2012 4:46 PM, "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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.
> >