If the screen reader says "dee oh see", for Department of Corrections, we might have a rap song going on here. ;^) On 1/29/07, Lee kowalkowski <lee.kowalkowski at googlemail.com> wrote: > > On 29/01/07, tim <tim at hyperlinkage.com> wrote: > > we are discussing how a screen reader will act when > > encountering an abbreviation or acronym on a web page. > > > > Traditionally, acronyms are *pronouncable* words such as LASER and NASA, > > while an abbreviation such as NCB must be spoken as a series of letters. > > As HTML provides us with two different elements, I think it's > > important to make this distinction. > > Does this mean there might be some additional consideration for > deciding which to use? Whether or not the element should be read as a > word or spelled-out? "doc" is a pronounceable abbreviation (of > "doctor" or "document"), but not an acronym. How would a screen > reader read "doc" when it's in an ABBR element? "Dee-oh-see" or > "doc"? > > -- > Lee > -- > > > -- Steven Streight aka Vaspers the Grate Web Usability. Blog Revolution. Ecommerce. http://www.vaspersthegrate.blogspot.com http://www.blogcorevalues.blogspot.com http://my.opera.com/vaspers88/blog http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vaspers http://www.jejunejumpers.blogspot.com http://droppingoutoftheblogosphere.pbwiki.com http://steven.streight.googlepages.com/ceobloggingguide http://my.opera.com/usability/blog