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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Apr 17, 2017 1:19PM

Here is something to keep in mind for anyone who tests with a screen reader...

For those of us who depend on screen readers and use them all the time, we tend to become use to how the screen reader reads text. As long as you use common formats for text information, we should be able to pick up that information--even if the way the screen reader speaks it sounds unusual.

In fact, sometimes if you listen very carefully to a screen reader user talking, you can catch that we will pronounce words the same as our screen readers do--and we are not even aware of it.

However, it might also be worthwhile to test the time element to see if it influences how a screen reader reads time information. While using a common time format for the text works--there is nothing wrong with using another method if it produces a better user experience.