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RE: ABBR vs. just spelling it out.

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From: John Foliot - WATS.ca
Date: Mar 23, 2006 5:20AM

Alastair Campbell wrote:
> It sounds like the ideal (for screen readers) would be having 3
> options:
>
> 1. read all titles from acronyms & abbr (and other?) elements.
>
> 2. Warn of items with titles (with a little 'bing' or something),
> with a specific key stroke/combo to read the expansion.
>
> 3. Read none.
>
> With the middle option being default, and roughly the same has having
> an underline that visual interfaces provide.
>
> Would that be possible/plausible?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Alastair

Alastair,

It *should* be, but it appears that currently it is not. This would
certainly be a benefit, but would require some work by the good folk at
Freedom Scientific. Perhaps a concerted campaign from both users and
developers for them to consider this? Their feedback form can be found
at:
http://tinyurl.com/q68q2

Hey everybody! Spend 2 seconds and pass on the suggestion... If they
get a whack of them all at once, perhaps, just perhaps, it will float to
the top of the pile of proposed improvements?

Cheers!

JF