[uf-discuss] Potential accessibility spin-off from hCard

[Bob Jonkman]

This is what <microformats-discuss at microformats.org> said
about "Re: [uf-discuss] Potential accessibility spin-off" on 8 Oct 2006 at 6:33

> > On an accessibility mailing list, someone asked:
> >
> >> Is there a way to make the screen reader know that a number is
> >> a phone number or street address so it reads 2-9-1-6 instead of
> >> 2,916?

Phone numbers have a URI identifier of "tel" [1], useful for protocol handlers that understand 
VOIP or faxes.  

eg:

<span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Bob Jonkman</span>, <a class="tel" href="tel:+1-416-555-
1212">+1-416-555-1212</a></span>

This ought to be recognized as a phone number by speech readers both by the hCard class="tel" 
as well as the "tel" URI, and provides a link for your favorite VOIP software to act on.

Of course, widespread adoption is not yet widespread...

--Bob.



[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3966