> From: Hugh Todd > Just tried it with a preview version of Apple's Spoken Interface in > Safari. I stuck your code into the middle of a standard form > element to > see what would happen, and it read it as "S" "earch". I'd be > interested > to know why (how the reader determines what to read and how).
Well, in simple terms, the readers will be looking for complete words. If something is interrupted - be it by a space, a , (probably even) ­, or indeed is broken up by separating bits of it in different elements (even if they're inline, like <span>) - it will be seen as two separate words. Simple as that... Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
