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From: Angela French
Date: May 8, 2013 11:24AM

The new app we are working on has to do with GED (read as individual letters) exams. The logo is a graphic that reads "GED Verify". NVDA pronounces it as rhyming with "head" . Are there techniques that can be used to change the pronunciation? I thought putting periods between the letters like G.E.D. would work, but NVDA read that as " g dot e dot d dot" which is worse.

Perhaps the issue is that I cannot actually use the <abbr> or <acronym> tag in an alt attribute?

Any ideas?

Thank you,


Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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