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From: Jared Smith
Date: Nov 3, 2003 6:23PM

Todd-

Short of aural style sheets, which are not a possibility (will they
ever be?), I can't think of an easy way to do this. However, this
brings up a question I have often thought about. Do you ever need to change
the default behavior of the screen reader to so it speaks in a manner
that most of us would consider normal?

If a screen reader has always spoken "dollar one hundred" for $100,
then changing that default behavior through some workaround or hack
may be more difficult or confusing to a user than letting the browser
perform the way it always has. Sure, some things should be clarified,
such as some (not all) acronyms and and abbreviations, but if a
workaround on your site is presenting content in a way other than
what the user is expecting and has experienced on all of other pages,
then wouldn't this be worse than letting the user decipher the
information the way they are used to.

Just a thought.

Jared Smith
WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)
Center for Persons with Disabilities
Utah State University



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On Monday, November 03, 2003 you sent:
TC> Hi all,
TC> I'm a newbie to accessibility in HTML and I am currently helping a bank
TC> create a JAWS friendly site. I have a couple of questions I hope someone can
TC> answer.
TC> I am displaying an account number in a formatted behaviour, ie 1234 1234
TC> 1234 1234 but I was hoping to get JAWS to read each digit as opposed to 4
TC> numbers. Does Anyone know of any tags, attributes or tricks to help with this?
TC> We are supporting JAWS 4.5 so CCS 2 audible styles are not a possible solution
TC> unfortunately.
TC> My second question is if there is any way to make a reader interperet
TC> currency figures such as $123.00 as "one hundered and twenty three dollars"
TC> instead of "dollar one hundered and twenty three"? Any assistance anyone could
TC> provide would be greatly appreciated.

TC> Thanks

TC> Todd.


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