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Re:gemini:// space by mlyle on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:30AM (#25986724)
Humans need to know what to read, though, too, right?

Obviously humans are a bit better at contextual clues, but.. the information has to be there for a human user to make the distinction.

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Re:gemini:// space by contravariant on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:55AM (#25987238)
Well if 'readable by a human' would be enough for screen readers then we wouldn't have to worry about accessibility surely?
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Re:gemini:// space by mlyle on Monday February 01, 2021 @02:35PM (#25992653)
Sure. But computers spotting foreign words in context similarly to how humans do is a lot more likely than getting most foreign words appropriately semantically tagged.
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Re:gemini:// space by Mediterraneo10 on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:31AM (#25986730)
Sure. A quoted foreign word might (but not always) appear in some context where any reader will know how to read it. However, for the time being, computers won't, and a screenreader won't manage without adequate semantic tagging.
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