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Re: The punctuation and typographic symbols that screen readers don't read

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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Jan 22, 2014 5:53PM

I want to express a public thank you to James Teh -- one of the principal
developers for NVDA -- who responded almost immediately to my blog post
(see
http://www.deque.com/dont-screen-readers-read-whats-screen-part-1-punctuation-typographic-symbols#comments)
and was receptive to what I had to say, while also expressing some words of
caution that there are some technical hurdles as well as limitations in
what he thinks should be the default verbosity level. I filed a couple of
feature requests in the NVDA system as well.

Just the fact that he was so responsive is very encouraging. Thank you!

Paul Bohman, PhD
Director of Training
Deque Systems, Inc
www.deque.com
703-225-0380, ext.121