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From: Graham Armfield
Date: Apr 16, 2015 2:31PM

Actually I've been testing with NVDA and Firefox just this week and NVDA
2014.4 does seem to be voicing content in the :before and :after
definitions.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing in that you discover that many
icons from icon fonts are delivered to the page in those constructs. So you
can get some seemingly random characters being voiced. For instance S S S S
S meant that a product had a five star review.

Regards
Graham Armfield



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On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Moore,Michael (DARS) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> It's a nice idea but screen reading software (JAWS) does not pick up
> content added through before and after. I just confirmed running JFW 16 on
> FF latest release and IE 9 (don't ask). I will repeat the tests with NVDA,
> Window Eyes, and VoiceOver later but I don't hold out much hope. I tested
> with and without the media designation.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator,
> Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
> (512) 424-4159 (Office)
> (512) 574-0091 (Cell)
>
>