[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:02:42 -0000
Can a screen reader read a smile or wink symbol? If it can, then I'd like
to use them myself, but my next problem is how to write one. Is it done by
using pictorial representations of a group of punctuation marks which we
then need to mentally turn on one side? If this is the case, then screen
readers will simply read them as the punctuation symbols themselves, and
there lies your answer - we are not all Braille users.
Cheers
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] An observation and a curiosity
Hi all,
This might be OT, not really sure but here goes.
I noticed on this list that people don't use smileys and winks such as :) ;)
etc. People rather write smile, wink and what have you. I've never come
across this practise on any other emailing list or internet forum. It struck
me that even literate computer users on this list do that. So I wander, is
there a reason for this practise? Do Braille users find wink signs confusing
for instance? Excuse my ignorance, but I rely on my screen reader's speech
output and I've never had any problems with reading winks. I started doing
what everyone else does on this list and the Jaws list but never asked why!
If there's a good reason behind this I'd be glad to learn it. If there
isn't, then IMHO this is a bad habit. What applies to other internet forums
I believe should apply here too unless there's a justification for doing
otherwise. Am I being pedantic? Would love to here other people opinions!
Cheers,
Amro
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