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From: Karen McCall
Date: Jan 22, 2022 6:27AM

Not sure if anyone remembers when Microsoft made all of the text for the Ribbon tabs all caps and the backlash they got because people couldn't read them. I think it was Office 2010 or 2013.

Camel Case works bets. All caps for acronyms.

Barry is correct, we use the shape of words to predict the word and read faster. With all caps, that ability is removed. This not only affects those using screen readers, but those with learning, cognitive and other print disabilities as well as those with some sensory disabilities who find spatial relationships of characters difficult to process at the best of times. All caps just adds another barrier.

Cheers, Karen