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Thanks. I found what I was looking for on the WebAIM site under Designing
for Screen Reader Compatability. The site provided excellent examples of
things to look out for, such as homographs.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Connie Giordano
<connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com>wrote:
> If you haven't already done so, check out www.section508.gov it is focused
> more to the government procurement audience, but it has quite a number of
> very useful resources on the law and compliance with it.
>
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> -------Original Message-------
> From: Heidi Glick
> Subject: 508 Compliance - Common Readability Issues
> Sent: 29 Oct '09 11:13
>
> I am looking for links to documentation on common text reader limitations.
> For example, if I create an alternative text description that is supposed
> to
> read a certain way, then I have to be careful that I write my descriptions
> carefully (be mindful of spaces needed so things are pronounced correctly,
> e.g., P O D vs. POD) so that a text reader will read it properly. I am
> concerned with the actual writing of the text before it is converted to a
> pdf.
>
> Thanks.
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