Hi: The response below tells me that for Jaws users this is more
mysterious.  I'm wondering if it is a font issue; I have tried
changing the font in "reader view" on Firefox to no effect.  I'm
wondering if anyone on this list has enough vision to see whether
there is something abnormal about the actual print text.  I'm trying
to gather enough information to communicate with the publisher about
the problem, it is reflected in all articles the magazine publishes.
Thanks for your responses:  Steve Hoad

On 11/14/20, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I am using JAWS 2021 to read the article and it does sound funny. I have
> noticed that some words are split by some character. JAWS doesn't read it at
> all. It doesn't say space or blank or anything else. Just a character
> splitting the word. Strange.
>
> Diane
>
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] A particular publication's articles render mysteriously
>
> Here's a question that may or may not require sight for an answer.
>   For a number of years I have read a publication called "In These Times,".
> For about 9 months however, when I open articles there is something that
> causes the article to read poorly.
>
>   I use NVDA, with the mostupdated version of Windows 10 and Firefox.
> Sprinkled at intervals within words in the text the screen reader finds
> something it calls a "soft hyphen" so, of course, it makes the articles hard
> to read.  Does anyone know anything about what a "soft hyphen" might be? And
> is this a quirk of style or font that causes this issue.
>   I'll paste a link to an article here and I'd love to hear what others find
> when they open the article.  Thanks in advance for any thoughts, impressions
> or info:
> https://inthesetimes.com/article/meatpacking-workers-attendance-policy-covid-19
>
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>  Steve Hoad
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