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Re: Screen Reader Reading Numbers in Alt Attribute

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From: Sean Curtis
Date: Nov 12, 2014 3:33PM

Thad I think they were advocating for leaving it as $20 and letting the
screen reader pronounce it based on whatever verbosity setting the user has
specified.

Cheers,

Sean

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Thad C < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks guys. So...
>
> twenty dollars (spelled out)
>
> vs
>
> $20
>
> seems most appropriate from what I am understanding.
>
> Thanks again for your quick response.
>
> Thad
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > I second Jared's comment.
> > Screen reader handling of numbers is a verbosity setting controlled by
> > the user, so they can configure it any way they want to.
> > Screen readers will also read common html entities such as &reg; for
> > registered or &trade; for traemark in alt text.
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > On 11/12/14, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> Write alternative text as you would if it were in plain text and let
> >> screen readers read it how they may.
> >>
> >> Jared
> >> > >> > >> > >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
> > > > > > > > > >