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A: We can keep abbreviations as they are written. TTS will read " | A: We can keep abbreviations as they are written. TTS will read " | ||
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+ | Q: Another TTS question: will things like "I had a 16' dinghy" | ||
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+ | A: It would depend on the text-to-speech software being used. VoiceOver (Mac's built-in TTS) recognizes these as measurements and reads them as such, i.e. "five feet five inches" | ||
+ | Q: How should I handle mentions of World War II? Do I leave the " | ||
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+ | Q: I'm almost positive that I know the answer to this one (TTS is smart!) but just wanted to double check: Should ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.) be written out all in normal text? Or should the abbreviated letters be superscript, | ||
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+ | A: How things are read aloud depends on the TTS software being used, but yes - generally TTS is smart :) I tested it on my Mac (which uses VoiceOver) and it reads " | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Purchasing Power and the notes section has a brief preface with common abbreviations. I've added the notes according to the workflow and I'm wondering what to do with the remaining abbreviation information. Can I add a heading for " | ||
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+ | A: Good question. Adding a heading for Abbreviations is a good way to go! | ||
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+ | Q: It Was Never Going to Be Okay features a poem featuring a bunch of emojis. What do I do with these? Is this an alt-text question? | ||
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+ | A: These are treated like symbols. You can use unicode for emojis. The direction is on the [[public: | ||
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+ | Q: Another question for "Until We Are Free," in the article "7 Organizing Direct Action in the Digital Age" there is a star symbol next to the first occurrence of the term " | ||
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+ | A: You can include an asterisk for both using your keyboard: * | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Mina Parmi Les Ombres, a French book. The book mentions a century using roman numerals and a superscript " | ||
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+ | A: Superscripts are not part of the symbols. You can use the direct formatting buttons on the home ribbon, and there are some short keys. [[https:// | ||
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+ | Q: General question for a number of upcoming non-fiction books: Should we keep " | ||
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+ | A: Really good question. There are variations on how screenreaders will read the Acronym, and also people will be reading this book with a braille display. Since some screen readers will read it as a full word, and braille readers will need to proper acronym we should keep it in all caps. | ||
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