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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hello colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I’m interested to learn what you recommend for writing acronyms and abbreviations in different circumstances to ensure those who use screen readers or who use alternative formats
such as the audio format from Blackboard Ally get a good experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For example, in alternative text and full image descriptions, I usually recommend separating acronyms, expanding abbreviations, and writing chemical notation in the way they sound,
for example.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nanometres instead of nm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">C O 2 instead of
</span><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CO<sub>2</sub></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I Q instead of IQ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For example instead of e.g.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">But what about when you consider the full body text? At that point do you perhaps explain acronyms and abbreviations first and then continue using them, and put spaces or periods
between acronyms. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">With a little light testing of NVDA, Immersive Reader, and Ally’s audio format I’ve had varying results. I’m interested to learn what you recommend to your colleagues, and whether
if varies depending on the type of text, for example body text, alternative text, full description for complex images, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thanks for any tips you can share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Matt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This email has been checked for accessibility.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Matthew Deeprose<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://pronoun.is/he"><span style="color:#0563C1">He/Him/His</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/digital-learning/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Digital Learning</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">iSolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/celebrating-the-power-of-community-in-education-and-research-01-mar-2022"><span style="color:#0563C1">JISC Community Chamption 2022</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.edtechdigest.com/2022-finalists-winners/"><span style="color:#0563C1">EdTech Awards 2022 Finalist: Edtech author / speaker or podcaster</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://matthewdeeprose.github.io/"><span style="color:#0563C1">My accessibility presentations, blog posts, and projects</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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