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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Apr 17, 2019 3:21AM

Hello,
What is the difference between the editor used in code Pen or JS Fiddle and
the editor used in Monaco? The first is not accessible to a screen reader
and the second is. I know it has something to do with showing text as an
HTML element rather than in an editable way, but I don't know how to
describe it.

I just heard about the Iodide project:
https://alpha.iodide.io/tryit/

which is pretty much Google docs for coders and researchers, and they are
using the first method of editing and they need to use the second method. I
opened an issue:
https://github.com/iodide-project/iodide/issues/1749

But I want to change the title to be more technical and pointed.
Does anyone know the difference between these two editor modes?
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;