RE: What do you call the Three Dots?

["David Artman" <david -at- davidartman -dot- com>]

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   -------- Original Message --------
   From: Robert Lauriston <[1]robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
   Date: Wed, October 18, 2017 12:16 pm
   > Screen readers use alt text for images.

   Beat me to it. :)

   > It makes no sense to me to use an image when there's a widely
   > supported Unicode character. a<- a<(R) a<- a<(R) a<- a<(R) a<- a<(R)
   a<- a<(R) a<-

   It seems your answer above contradicts this statement.

   How would a screen reader 'pronounce' that vellip [entity name]?

   But a graphic with alt (well written so it reads cleanly) would always

   work with a screen reader (including translated + screen reader!).

   --David

   On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Weissman, Jessica R
   <[2]WeissmanJR -at- state -dot- gov> wrote:
   > Anybody know how screen readers handle those inline graphics?

References

   1. mailto:robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
   2. mailto:WeissmanJR -at- state -dot- gov
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