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Re: Proper Unicode or html entity for negative sign

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From: David Farough
Date: Mar 14, 2023 10:10AM

I will be interested to hear what you determine for this situation.
There is a date and number processing option in jaws that may deal with this issue.
This is the description of the options available.
Unfortunately there is no mention for negative numbers.
Use this list to determine how numbers are read. Select Controlled by Synthesizer to have the current synthesizer determine how numbers are read. This is the default setting. Select Single Digits to read numbers as a series of single numbers. For example, "123" is read as one two three. Select Pairs to read numbers as a series of paired numbers. For example, "1050" is read as "ten fifty." If the number has an odd number of digits, JAWS reads the first digit as a single digit and pairs the rest. For example, "123" is read as "one twenty three." Select Full Numbers to always reads numbers as complete numbers. For example, "123" is read as "one hundred twenty three."

There is also a setting that can be used if numbers contain dashes.
Description:
When selected, numbers that contain dashes without spaces are read as individual digits. Telephone number formatting, where a dash is preceded by and followed by a digit, is an example of this type of number string. This check box is used in conjunction with the Number Processing combo box. This means that JAWS processes numbers based on the current selection in the Number Processing combo box. This check box is selected by default.