Russ, et al,

Sure, the W3 spec suggests DLs to be used for conversations and other non-DL purposes, and we've seen some great examples out there, but the reality is that (last time I researched), DL's are still announced by screen readers as "a definition list of N items", which would *really* confuse me in the context of an interview being read to me by a screen reader.

True, perhaps the screen reader shouldn't announce it as such (given the W3 specs) but the reality is that it has to announce *something*, and it certainly won't be "an interview with N questions".

Again, I know the W3 spec suggests it, but it's poor semantics at best *if the web page author cares much about those using assistive devices like screen readers*.

End of the day, it's up to the author to decide on what's best for the audience perhaps?

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Justin French
http://indent.com.au

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