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Re: Readability of abreviated terms

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From: Swift, Daniel P.
Date: Dec 11, 2019 6:43AM

General thought, it's a shame that the "abbr" (abbreviation) tag doesn't have a phonetic attribute. How does the abbreviation tag work with screen readers with the title attribute (example: <abbr title="Quality Assurance">QA</abbr>)? Do both the 'title' and text get read or is it just one or the other? I'm assuming a mixed bag across software since the mileage for the title attribute varies...

Dan Swift
Senior Web Specialist
University Communications and Marketing
West Chester University
610.738.0589

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Subject: [WebAIM] Readability of abreviated terms

Hi all,



I hope everyone is having a good time.



I've some doubts on how screen readers should pronounce certain abbreviated terms. For instance, if I write "QA" (Quality Assurance), it will be read as "Ka" instead of "Q A". Can we take it as an accessibility defect? In my opinion, we should not, because readability of such abbreviated terms may be TTS-dependent.