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

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From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Apr 22, 2015 7:29AM

Another thing to keep in mind is that when you use a screen reader you get used to the way it butchers certain words so when we cleverly trick the screen reader into pronouncing something correctly we are delivering unexpected behavior.

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