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Re: Screen Readers and HTML comments

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From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Apr 19, 2005 4:44AM

Well, supposedly not. I have seen instances where (specifically JAWS)
has read comments and the developers specifically used that as an
accessibility 'feature'. I'll see if I can find the exact configuration,
but I believe one of the comments being read involved nested tables.

Regards,

Norman

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of lisa goostrey
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:30 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Screen Readers and HTML comments


Hello,

I am just wondering, do screen readers pick up and read out comments
embedded in HTML? If so, does the screen reader state that it is a
comment in the code, and not page content?

regards,
Lisa Goostrey