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From: Thad C
Date: Nov 12, 2014 10:59AM

Greetings Group.

When writing alt text should I spell numbers our or will VO and JAWS
read the number as they are spelled

alt="twenty percent"

OR

alt = "20%" (what I am hearing with this example is two zero percent)

Best
Thaddeus