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Are the comments the [GL] and [/GL]? I don’t see the same comments for italics and I haven’t found any shaded content. </div>
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It would be better to inform the student of the bold and italic content so they can make audio profiles to hear it announced, if they want it. It’s a quick keyboard combination to switch profiles. Refreshable braille displays will have characters stating bold/italic
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There are a number of tables on there which I don’t see captions for, and that helps screenreaders navigate through the different tables. </div>
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You can test out refreshable braille capabilities with the <a href="https://www.lakepinesbraille.com/ee/" data-outlook-id="82b6c86e-2625-4f41-b0a5-67db1e7cfa67">
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<b>From: </b>athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Vicki Walton via athen-list <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>athen-list@u.washington.edu <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Athen] Request for Review of Place Value Explanation in Math for Bakery and Business<br>
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A colleague is reviewing a section in the <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJ9MRb9zHAp-9xsF3xIAss3ry9uo3zbqafSUaDaVYg/edit?tab=t.0" data-outlook-id="7aa219bf-3ee8-43bf-b640-66803297afb3" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Math for Bakery and Business
textbook on page 13-15</a></u></span> where the author explains place values using underlines and shading. At this time, we are aware that screen readers do not typically announce formatting unless users change those advanced settings. I would appreciate it
if someone could look at this portion of the text along with the comments that were shared about this approach.</p>
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If you have time to review the materials and offer your thoughts, your perspective would be very helpful.</p>
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Thank you in advance for your assistance.</p>
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