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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I’m most used to seeing the first example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Water molecules contain the elements ________ and _________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>But never “replace the underline, I just type where the underline begins. LOL I’ve been doing it wrong all of these years!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I will say, that as someone who uses a screen reader, it is often difficult to select all of the underline and replace it which is why I just start beeping at the beginning of the underline in forms with this type of formatting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>In reading both examples using my screen reader, I know where the blanks are in the underline version but didn’t know where the blanks were in the second example as my screen reader reads the question. I had to reread the second example several times before I caught the “blank” and am still not sure that I have it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Even if people are like me and don’t remove the underline, just answer the question, it seems to me that keeping the underline gives the most information to anyone filling in this question and covers many disabilities and allows for printing of the form if needed..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Am interested in other thoughts though.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christine Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 7, 2019 10:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Accessible "fill in the blank"<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Hi all –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>What’s the best way of providing “fill in the blank” space in a Word document? Faculty members are asking me how to do this in an accessible manner, for students using screen readers – and I’m “drawing a blank,” so to speak.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>The traditional approaches have been <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>typing a line<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Water molecules contain the elements ________ and _________.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>leaving blank space <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:30.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>List the elements in a molecule of carbon:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>With either traditional approach, if the document is filled out electronically, then the line or space is intended to be replaced with typewritten text. If the document is printed, then the line or space is written on by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>If the document were to be printed, then I would use paragraph spacing for my example in #2, so that there aren’t repeated blanks, but that wouldn’t be a good idea if students were going to answer the questions on their computers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>There are so many details to making electronic documents accessible! And I know it would be easier if faculty members put their content on web pages instead of in electronic documents, but that isn’t a change we can make in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Thanks for any help you can offer –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='color:#007048'>Christine Robinson</span></b><span style='color:#007048'> </span><span style='color:#222A35'>| Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='color:#007048'>Georgia Gwinnett College</span></b><span style='color:#222A35'> | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>