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Re: [EXTERNAL]Forcing screen reader pronunciation of abbreviation important to a brand

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Apr 16, 2018 10:21AM

Also keep in mind that pronunciation depends on the synthesized voice used for the screen reader or Text-to-Speech tool. While Eloquence will pronounce "wasted" as wasted" UK Daniel pronounces it as "was ted." Same screen reader, different synthesized voice.

Cheers, Karen

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Forcing screen reader pronunciation of abbreviationimportant to a brand

One more thing to be mindful of.

Some screen readers (Jaws at least) give you the ability to define a very specific context for the pronunciation, e.g. a webpate or website.
If it is not possible to define context, keep in mind the user is changing the way these letters are pronounced in every usage context, on the web and in other applications, which is not necessarily a good idea.
I need to study the pronounciation dsettings of NVDA and Voiceover to see what context can be defined.


On 4/16/18, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It is also possible to change the pronunciation of words in iOS also.
> You need to go to the VO settings and tap the Speech button. There is
> a "pronunciation" button that takes you to a screen where you can
> change the pronunciation of words. There might be a quicker way to get there though.
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >


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