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Re: lang attribute for foreign words found in Merriam Webster's dictionary?

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From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Apr 21, 2015 3:01PM

Not in my experience with JFW anyway. But 3.1.2 is fairly clear <<>> added for emphasis.

Language of Parts:

3.1.2 The human language of each passage or phrase in the content can be programmatically determined except for proper names, technical terms, words of indeterminate language, and <<words or phrases that have become part of the vernacular of the immediately surrounding text>>.

The good thing is that most screen readers have a dictionary that allows a user to customize the way that the screen reader mangles a given word so I have adjusted my dictionary to pronounce your last name and resumé correctly and pronounce "You all" as "yall" since I am in Texas. <grin/>

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator,
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
(512) 424-4159 (Office)
(512) 574-0091 (Cell)