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Re: Acrobat Read Out Loud mistakenly reads letter as Roman Numeral

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From: Clark, Michelle - NRCS, Washington, DC
Date: Jul 18, 2014 5:57AM

I have wondered about that application and others with similar capabilities numerous times. If a blind person has enough on-line skills to get to a website, why would they convert to using " Read Out Loud " once there?

Michelle

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jordan Wilson
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:02 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Acrobat Read Out Loud mistakenly reads letter as Roman Numeral

Normally when we see this topic its the opposite, a writer is trying to
get letters to be read as Roman Numerals instead of letters. VII instead
of Seven.

I'm running into the opposite - Acrobat's Read Out Loud mistakenly reads
my letter as a Roman Numeral

If you put the text: "Medicare Part D" into a PDF and let Acrobat read it
aloud using its built in Read Out Loud feature, the D is pronounced '500'
as if it was the Roman Numeral D.

Its important to note that if you view the same PDF in NVDA or JAWS it is
read correctly as D. So the issue here is (probably) only with Acrobat's
Read Out Loud functionality.

My question is how important is this? Can I assume that users will be
using a viable screenreader? Is there anything I can do about it?

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Jordan Wilson

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Associate Director, Creative Technology

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