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how to write Roman numerals please

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From: ckrugman
Date: Apr 22, 2012 12:41AM

this has probably been answered but screen readers can determine how to read
Roman numerals and the setting can be controlled by the user. At least this
is how it is with JAWS.
Chuck
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From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] how to write Roman numerals please


> 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
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