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Re: Accessibility of + and -

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Dec 8, 2016 8:50AM

here is a site of many if not all hex codes to test with screen readers in
browsers
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/supplemental_arrows_b.html
check the menu button to see a list of various categories of fonts and
symbols.
JAWS read most of them. NVDA- nada.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Preast, Vanessa < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I think I just found the answer to my question on a Penn State site (
> http://archive.tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/
> tips/unicodefourdigit.html). I'll post it here in case it is helpful to
> others are new to Unicode like me, or in case experienced folks want to
> correct what I've posted.
>
> It sounds like there are decimal and hexadecimal codes. The hex codes use
> the format &#x<hex-number>; and decimal codes use the format
> &#<dec-number>; when coding HTML
>
> The Em Dash uses the decimal of 8212 but the hex of 2014 (
> http://unicodelookup.com/#em dash/1). That's why the same number was
> resulting in different results in the HTML code. I was identifying the
> first as "decimal" and the second as "hexadecimal" by adding the x.
>
> What is my Word 2016 using? It appears to be the Unicode Hexadecimal:
> When I type 8212 into Word and then press Alt-X, I get the Han symbol
> When I type 2014 into Word and press Alt-X I get the em dash
>
> Best,
> Vanessa
>
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