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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Sean,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To my knowledge. Screen readers would only support this if they go into “Font description” mode (JAWS: <a href="https://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2012-06-20_TextFormatting/02_TextFormatting.htm">https://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2012-06-20_TextFormatting/02_TextFormatting.htm</a>, NVDA: <a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/documentation/userGuide.html#DocumentFormattingSettings">https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/documentation/userGuide.html#DocumentFormattingSettings</a>, VoiceOver: <a href="https://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/_1128.html#mchlp2720">https://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/_1128.html#mchlp2720</a>) But from my conversations with power users, they only use this if they really need to (explicitly told critical information is conveyed through visual formatting or editing a document).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You would have to implement a solution like Adrian’s physically adding the text to the page or you could use 1px by 1px “spacer” images with the appropriate alternative text. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m asking colleagues for other methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thankx.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Joe Humbert<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean Keegan<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 11, 2019 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was asked about the capabilities of screen-readers communicating the Strikethrough formatting in MS Word and PDF documents.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From my testing, I was not able to get either JAWS or NVDA to recognize and communicate the text content that had a Strikethrough effect. I was using recent versions of JAWS, NVDA, and Microsoft Word 365.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone been able to get JAWS or NVDA to recognize the Strikethrough formatting in MS Word (or PDF) documents?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I found a nice solution for HTML-based content from Adrian Roselli (see <a href="https://codepen.io/aardrian/pen/bYJrWe">https://codepen.io/aardrian/pen/bYJrWe</a>), but HTML is not an output option at this time.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any feedback.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Take care,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sean<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>