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From: Julius Charles Serrano
Date: Dec 13, 2012 1:32PM

Hi everyone.

What are your thoughts on text content displayed vertically in web
pages? These are blocks of text which, when read using a screen reader
(using the down arrow key) would sound like:

"A
C
C
E
S
S"

Being a screen reader user myself, I am not 100% sure what it looks like.

I am assuming that this might be an issue of readability, although I'd
like to get your thoughts on it. Is this something we, as accessibility
advocates, should point out as an issue?

Thanks.

Julius


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Julius Charles Serrano
Accessibility Specialist
Catalyst IT Ltd
http://www.catalyst.net.nz
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Phone: +64 (4) 803-2436