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Re: WC3 Example #1 of tagging acronym expansion text yields a yellow warning on the PAC checker.

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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Dec 15, 2023 9:15PM

Bevi - I am using the 2021 PAC checker - I'll try the 2024 tomorrow when I
get a chance.

Phil, that's exactly what I did and I get the yellow warning. The odd thing
is that if I just tag the acronym as a paragraph, then pull the word out of
the paragraph tag and put it in with the original - I get no yellow warning
and the screen readers still read the expansion text.

I'm very familiar with the Placement/Block issue of inline objects, but
when it comes to span tags, it doesn't matter whether I add placement block
to the attribute or not, I get the same error regardless.

Error with Placement/Block added to attributes:

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Sample with span (doesn't matter whether it's inside a heading tag or a P
tag.
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Sample of hack that gives no error and JAWS/NVDA still reads expansion text:
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Expansion Text (in case anyone is wondering)
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