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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 15, 2019 12:28PM

Yes, probably overthinking it. ;)
Use the most standard way you display phone numbers in general, that
is the one screen reader users are most used to (if screen readers
announce them oddly the users are used to that).
My recommendation is (555) 555-2322
or, to go all 80s, (555) 6875309 (the song gets stuck in your head).
If you are displaying an input for a phone number I ecomend having a
forgiving input logic that allows common types, straight numbers or ()
etc. Apply auto formatting to the input after the user moves focus
away.
Cheers
-Birkir


On 3/15/19, TRAUTWEIN_PAUL < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hey –
>
> Every 6 months or so, we have a debate in our office about the best way to
> display area codes on our website.
>
> I've done some comparison testing using Voiceover and NVDA. NVDA adds
> appropriate pauses but VO doesn't.
>
> xxx-xxx-xxxx (no pauses in the number in VO)
> (xxx) xxx-xxxx (very slight pause after the parenthesis)
> xxx.xxx.xxxx (the periods are read as "point")
>
> Is there a preferred way to display phone numbers?
> Is there any reason to choose one over another?
> Are we thinking about this WAY too much?
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> Paul
>
> Paul Trautwein | Web Coordinator
> Santa Monica College | Marketing Department
> 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90405
> 310.434.4204 | www.smc.edu
>
> > > > >


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