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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 27, 2012 11:07AM

I would not worry about hiding the odd word here or there because it won't
make any difference in real terms. Screen reader users are generally used to
ignoring anything that doesn't make sense. Hiding text could actually
confuse sighted screen reader users so I would be wary of doing so under any
circumstances.

Steve Green
Managing Director
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