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Re: Screen reader indications of underlined or strike-through text

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From: Liko, Todd
Date: Jun 18, 2014 3:55AM

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
Sent: June 17, 2014 8:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader indications of underlined or strike-through text

David Ashleydale wrote:
> For something that completely unsupported, wouldn't the recommendation
> be to shore it up with some hidden text?

That is a hack. What happens when some screen readers start to support it? They then get the information twice.

The solution is for screen readers to get their act together and support this basic markup. It's maddening that screen readers still don't support basic, two-decade-old HTML like <strong> and <em>.

Jared