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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 1:55AM
Subject: Screen reader spelling conventions
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I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible to
screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am only
suggesting two here).



"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"

"Email" in favour for "E-mail"



And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the least
favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
sensitive).











Regards,



Steven

From: S.R. Emerson, Accrete Web Solutions
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 2:05AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"
Sitemap is different from Site map.

Sitemap protocol - http://www.sitemaps.org/ which the major search engines
and Yahoo! use to help index the site.

So that might mess up your keywords.

S. Emerson
Accrete Web Solutions
http://www.accretewebsolutions.ca
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/accrete

From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 2:15AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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As a screen reader user I think that this is a nonissue. AS in many cases
when it comes to conducting a search the accuracy of a search relies on the
user and not the screen reader. Just as any computer user learns how to
enter search terms it should be no different for screen reader users.
Chuck
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Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions


> I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible
> to
> screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
> what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
> not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am
> only
> suggesting two here).
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> "Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"
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> "Email" in favour for "E-mail"
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> And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the
> least
> favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
> sensitive).
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> Regards,
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> Steven
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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 2:25AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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Interesting, Emerson.

I had always thought that an XML sitemap was in fact an XML version of a
html site map ... that said, I have always approached them a little
differently (the html version being more concise and user-friendly).

Steven






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Accrete Web Solutions
Sent: 22 October 2009 09:03
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"
Sitemap is different from Site map.

Sitemap protocol - http://www.sitemaps.org/ which the major search engines
and Yahoo! use to help index the site.

So that might mess up your keywords.

S. Emerson
Accrete Web Solutions
http://www.accretewebsolutions.ca
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/accrete

From: John E. Brandt
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 8:15AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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Just had a conversation last week with my friend Steve who is a screen
reader user and this topic came up. He indicated he didn't care about the
spelling or how the screen reader pronounced, or mispronounced word, just as
long as it did so consistently.

Interesting point, I thought.

~j

John E. Brandt
Accessible Web Design, Development, Consultation
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937 


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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Steven Henderson
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible to
screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am only
suggesting two here).



"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"

"Email" in favour for "E-mail"



And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the least
favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
sensitive).











Regards,



Steven

From: Steven Henderson
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 8:20AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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I second consistency as first priority, John. In the case of brail users
though, I do wonder how such issues affect them.

Steven






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Sent: 22 October 2009 15:12
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

Just had a conversation last week with my friend Steve who is a screen
reader user and this topic came up. He indicated he didn't care about the
spelling or how the screen reader pronounced, or mispronounced word, just as
long as it did so consistently.

Interesting point, I thought.

~j

John E. Brandt
Accessible Web Design, Development, Consultation
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
207-622-7937 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Steven Henderson
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible to
screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am only
suggesting two here).



"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"

"Email" in favour for "E-mail"



And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the least
favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
sensitive).











Regards,



Steven

From: Pratik Patel
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 8:25AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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As a screen reader user, e-mail is perfectly fine. There's hardly any
difference unless one listens closely or have the punctuation setting
cranked up to hear all punctuations. Even still the convention has been to
use e-mail. Sitemap/site map, I entirely agree. I think it should be two
words to begin with.

Pratik


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Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:12 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

Just had a conversation last week with my friend Steve who is a screen
reader user and this topic came up. He indicated he didn't care about the
spelling or how the screen reader pronounced, or mispronounced word, just as
long as it did so consistently.

Interesting point, I thought.

~j

John E. Brandt
Accessible Web Design, Development, Consultation
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
207-622-7937 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Steven Henderson
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions

I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible to
screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am only
suggesting two here).



"Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"

"Email" in favour for "E-mail"



And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the least
favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
sensitive).











Regards,



Steven

From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Thu, Oct 22 2009 11:20AM
Subject: Re: Screen reader spelling conventions
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Hmmm. I knew about xml sitemaps and html site maps but I didn't
realize they were spelled differently or the real differences in them.
Here is a wiki about xml sitemaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps

Nancy

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Pratik Patel < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> As a screen reader user, e-mail is perfectly fine. There's hardly any
> difference unless one listens closely or have the punctuation setting
> cranked up to hear all punctuations. Even still the convention has been to
> use e-mail. Sitemap/site map, I entirely agree. I think it should be two
> words to begin with.
>
> Pratik
>
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> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of John E. Brandt
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions
>
> Just had a conversation last week with my friend Steve who is a screen
> reader user and this topic came up. He indicated he didn't care about the
> spelling or how the screen reader pronounced, or mispronounced word, just as
> long as it did so consistently.
>
> Interesting point, I thought.
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> Accessible Web Design, Development, Consultation
> Augusta, Maine USA
> www.jebswebs.com
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> 207-622-7937
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Steven Henderson
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: [WebAIM] Screen reader spelling conventions
>
> I've become interested in ensuring that certain spellings are accessible to
> screen reader users, so far I have changed a few conventions and wondered
> what others thought and possibly suggestions of other words that I might
> not yet have thought of (I expect there could be a few, given that I am only
> suggesting two here).
>
>
>
> "Sitemap" in favour for "Site map"
>
> "Email" in favour for "E-mail"
>
>
>
> And in any such cases, if search engine queries were in favour of the least
> favoured spelling, how would that affect keywords (being that they're
> sensitive).
>
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>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Regards,
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> Steven
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