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Re: Screen Readers pronouncing product name

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From: glen walker
Date: Dec 16, 2022 1:06PM

In addition to Dave's two excellent comments, if you try to force a
pronunciation by having a phonetic spelling then you cause an issue for
Braille users because they'll read the phonetic spelling instead of the
real spelling.


On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 1:00 PM Andrews, David B (DEED) via WebAIM-Forum <
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> As a screen reader user, I would say you don't need to worry. We get used
> to a lot of things -- many of which are worse than this. Secondly, most
> screen readers have a "pronunciation dictionary" where you can teach it how
> to creative mis-pronounce a word to get it to sound right.
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> Dave
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