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Re: Forcing screen reader pronunciation ofabbreviation important to a brand

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Apr 13, 2018 10:29AM

I thought you all were W3C people! ;-)

This was incorporated into PDF 2.0, which was published last year.

Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0, (October 2008), https://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/

How (and whether) browsers understand this stuff for AT purposes is something I don't know...

Duff.


> On Apr 13, 2018, at 12:22, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I would be careful about assuming that screen readers will announce aria-label on non-interactive elements. Also when you write out phonetically things it has a negative impact on braille. I blogged about this a few years ago.
> https://www.levelaccess.com/zip-z-p-z-p-forcing-correct-pronunciation-screen-readers/
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