Screen Readers and post trimming (was: Cannon [Camera] Support)

[Accessys@smart.net]

screen readers do indeed have problem with some operating systems
(windows) and some e-mailers. and quoted material.  depending on how
the sender has formated thier computer even firefox sometimes only
puts a quote line at the beginning of a paragraph and on no other
lines until the end of the para.

also since one is "listening" to the output a word at a time it is
VERY time consuming to read all the way thru especially untrimed
posts, just to get to an answer.  you can scan the page.  screen
readers really do not "scan" but are very literal.

Bob


On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Avi Greenbury wrote:

> "Accessys at smart.net" <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
> > PS- W3C/WAI the web standard setting agency and access initiative
> > and most visually impaired users reccommend top posting as screen
> > readers get overloaded by bottom posting.
>
> Can't screen readers distinguish between quoted and original content?
> I've yet to come across a 'normal' mail reader that can't.
>
> >   so stop complaining and change the rules to meet the new standards.
> > I didn't reccomend them but I follow them.
>
> The new standards? I don't know of a universal governing body for email
> layout.
> Either way, here is not the place to petition for these changes - we
> use the system, but we didn't design it.
> I'd suggest, though, that your chances of changing the operation of a
> technical mailing list to disfavour the technical participants in order
> to make ill-designed screen readers work aren't likely to be
> particularly good.
>
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