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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bear in mind that there are currently no rules for how screen readers must pronounce things like concatenated words, unknown words, capitalised words, abbreviations, acronyms, emojis and ASCII art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Each synthesizer uses its own rules and heuristics to decide how to pronounce the text. This means that different screen readers might pronounce the text differently, but so will the same screen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The advice is therefore to keep things simple, which mostly means avoiding all these things wherever possible. In my experience, CamelCase is fairly reliable if you really must use concatenated words,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Hori via athen-list<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 December 2025 16:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Matson, Eric (ecmatson@uidaho.edu) <ecmatson@uidaho.edu>; Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Video showing screen reader and common page errors?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hello Eric, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here’s a few that I have bookmarked:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Relevant accessibility issues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All Cap content: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xoqW4HwEMSQ">
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xoqW4HwEMSQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">CamelCase: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/18Y2mEO-7bg">
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/18Y2mEO-7bg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Emojis: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fkGMKrUS9uo">
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fkGMKrUS9uo</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Resolved accessibility issues (less likely to experience, but may still be relevant on some platforms):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Joshua Hori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Accessible Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">50 Hutchison Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Davis, CA 95616<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">530-752-2439 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://calendly.com/d/ytt-hsj-vbn"><span style="color:#0563C1">Schedule a meeting via Calendly</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Matson, Eric (<a href="mailto:ecmatson@uidaho.edu">ecmatson@uidaho.edu</a>) via athen-list
<<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, December 1, 2025 at 3:47</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Athen] Video showing screen reader and common page errors?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving break!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does anyone have any videos showing common errors encountered by screen reader users? Bad link text, bad / missing image alt text, weird emojis etc. Our Faculty have asked for examples of what happens when
they format things wrong, so figured I’d ask here before figuring out how to screen record with a screen reader.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Anyone have any tips for screen recording with a screen reader? I haven’t looked into the best way to do it, so just looking for anything that might be a snag.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Eric Matson | Assistant Director - Assistive Technology & Accommodation Operations</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Center for Disability Access and Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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