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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 13, 2016 7:47AM

You ar doing the right things here, leaving a blank space in the
spans,even two (at the end of the first and the beginning of the
second).
This has got to be a Jaws with IE issue specifically, and users will
understand it, it is not going to block them from understanding the
content.



On 9/13/16, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I am wondering if this is an IE issue or a JAWS issue. So far, I can tell
> that it might be IE, but who knows.
>
> I tested this with NVDA and VoiceOver and there was no problem. With JAWS
> and IE the word Shipping and On have no space between them. JAWS reads them
> as one word shippingon.
>
> In Firefox, JAWS reads them just fine as NVDA does and VoiceOver.
>
> Here is the code:
>
> <a href="URL.html">
> <span class="free-shipping-message">
> Free 2-Day Shipping
> </span>
> <span class="free-shipping-sub-message">
> on orders $35 and up
> </span>
> </a>
>
> Has anyone seen this before? I am hesitant to use &nbsp; as this might add
> an extra space visually and for screen readers.
>
>
>
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> UI Accessibility Team
>
> SME for EBN Include
> Digital Accessibility Specialist & Blind and Visually Impaired Expert
>
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