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Re: highlighting code changes on an html page

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From: Jeffrey (JDS)
Date: Jan 5, 2020 8:29PM

If you use something that can be found this would help.
e.g. at work sometimes in emails or documents we use # or * to indicate the start and end of something.
You might put the code snippet inside a read only editbox? I've never tried it but seen it done.

Screen readers can detect color if the user chooses to turn it on. For example JAWS has settings for this. However; it's VERY annoying as a setting. The more verbiage and chatter from the screen reader the less useful it often is.

e.g. you could turn on it announcing all font, size, color, alignment, tabstop change etc... but this greatly reduces the experience for someone.